IN THE MATTER OF THOMPSON

No. 67705-1.

10 P.3d 380 (2000)

141 Wash.2d 712

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of: Elijah THOMPSON, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided September 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elijah J. Thompson, Airway Heights, Sheryl G. McCloud, Seattle, for Petitioner.

Russell Hauge, Kitsap County Prosecutor, Randall Sutton, Deputy Kitsap County Prosecutor, Port Orchard, for Respondent.


GUY, C.J.

In a personal restraint petition (PRP) filed more than one year after judgment became final, Petitioner Elijah Thompson seeks relief from his sentence on the basis that his criminal conduct occurred before the effective date of the statute creating the offense.

Because we find Petitioner's judgment and sentence to be invalid on its face, his PRP is not barred from consideration by the one-year time limit...

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