IN RE FLEMING

No. 68732-3.

16 P.3d 610 (2001)

142 Wash.2d 853

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Jon Royal FLEMING, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided January 25, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon Royal Fleming, Monroe, Suzanne Lee Elliott, Seattle, for Petitioner.

Gary Burleson, Mason County Pros., Carol L. Case, Deputy Mason County Pros., Shelton, for Respondent.


IRELAND, J.

In this personal restraint petition, Jon Royal Fleming claims that in light of two psychological evaluations, he should have been afforded a competency hearing before the entry of his guilty plea. Finding that counsel was ineffective in failing to apprise the court that defendant's competence was in doubt following psychological evaluations, we reverse the Court of Appeals, grant the personal restraint petition...

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