IN RE BECKER

Nos. 17437-9-III, 17798-0-III.

982 P.2d 639 (1999)

96 Wash.App. 902

In re the Personal Restraint of Paul J. BECKER. City of Spokane; The Honorable D. Maggs, Appellants, v. Paul J. Becker, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Nine.

Reconsideration Denied September 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia M. Walker, Assistant City Attorney, Spokane, for Appellants.

Charles S. Dorn, Spokane, for Respondent.


SWEENEY, J.

A person may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus in the superior court to challenge the lawfulness of government restraint. RCW 7.36.010. But the petitioner must affirmatively show he/she filed the petition within the one-year statute of limitations of RCW 10.73.090. RCW 7.36.130(1); Shumway v. Payne, 136 Wn.2d 383, 399-400, 964 P.2d 349 (1998).

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