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IN RE PIERCE

No. 83731-7.

268 P.3d 907 (2011)

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint Petition of Chad A. PIERCE, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided December 29, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chad Alan Pierce , Kent, WA, for Petitioner.

Douglas Wayne Carr , Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Respondent.

Harry Williams, IV , Keller Rohrback, LLP, Suzanne Lee Elliott , Attorney at Law, Sarah A. Dunne , Nancy Lynn Talner , ACLU of Washington Foundation, Travis Stearns , Washington Defender Association, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

STEPHENS, J.

¶ 1 This case involves the authority of the Department of Corrections (Department) to deduct funds from an inmate's trust account. Chad Alan Pierce, a Washington State inmate, filed a personal restraint petition challenging the Department's collection of costs of incarceration and legal financial obligations (LFOs) from his account. He asserts that his judgment and sentence prohibits the Department from making such deductions. We disagree and hold...

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