DRESS v. STATE DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 66262-7-I.

279 P.3d 875 (2012)

Christina DRESS, aka Christina Larcom, Respondent, v. WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

May 14, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronda Denise Larson , Assistant Attorney General-Corrections Division, Olympia, WA, for Appellant.

David Bruce Koch , Nielsen Broman & Koch PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


COX, J.

¶ 1 The Department of Corrections (DOC) is not authorized to either correct or ignore a final judgment and sentence that may be erroneous.1 It may petition the court of appeals for review of an alleged error of law in a judgment and sentence within 90 days of having knowledge of the terms of such a sentence.2

¶ 2 Here, DOC never petitioned for review of what it characterizes as an...

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