IN RE ECKLUND

No. 22288-4-II.

957 P.2d 1290 (1998)

In re the Matter of the Personal Restraint Petition of Jerry ECKLUND, Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

July 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Talis Merle Abolins, Attorney Generals Office, Olympia, for Respondent.

John Henry Browne, Browne & Ressler, Seattle, for Petitioner.


HUNT, Judge.

Jerry Ecklund filed a personal restraint petition (PRP) challenging the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board's (Board) refusal to release him after serving a standard minimum term of life imprisonment for a 1979 first degree murder conviction. A primary factor in the Board's denial of parole was Ecklund's persistent claim of innocence. We grant his petition and remand to the Board for reconsideration of parole...

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