IN RE CRACE

No. 85131-0.

280 P.3d 1102 (2012)

174 Wn.2d 835

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint Petition of Hoyt W. CRACE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided July 19, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Proctor , Pierce County Prosecutor's Office, Tacoma, WA, for Petitioner.

Jeffrey Erwin Ellis , Oregon Capital Resource Center, Portland, OR, for Respondent.

Lila Jane Silverstein , Washington Appellate Project, Sheryl Gordon McCloud , Law Offices of Sheryl Gordon McCloud, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for WACDL.


STEPHENS, J.

¶ 1 This case concerns the standard for assessing prejudice in a personal restraint petition alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. Hoyt Crace was convicted of attempted second degree assault with a deadly weapon. This was his third strike offense, resulting in a life sentence without the possibility of early release. Crace brought a timely personal restraint petition asserting he received ineffective assistance of counsel when his trial counsel...

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