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IN RE PERSONAL RESTRAINT PETITION OF SILAS

No. 53393-2-I.

145 P.3d 1219 (2006)

In the Matter of the PERSONAL RESTRAINT PETITION OF Roosevelt SILAS, III, Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

October 23, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Bruce Koch, Nielson Broman & Koch PLLC, Seattle, WA, Harlan R. Dorfman, Attorney at Law, New Westminster, BC, Roosevelt Silas, (Appearing Pro Se), for for Petitioner.

Gregory Joseph Rosen, Atty General Office, Criminal Justice Division, Olympia, WA, for Respondent.

AGID, J.

¶ 1 While incarcerated for two drug felonies, Roosevelt Silas sought 50 percent earned early release based on the 2003 amendments to the Sentencing Reform Act (SRA) that increased eligibility for earned early release from 30 to 50 percent for certain classes of offenders. The Department of Corrections (DOC) denied Silas' request. The amended statute makes the enhanced credit unavailable to offenders with a conviction for "crimes against persons" as defined...

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