IN RE FINSTAD

No. 86018-1.

301 P.3d 450 (2013)

177 Wn.2d 501

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Lowell Deray FINSTAD, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided May 23, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Nielsen , David Bruce Koch , Jennifer J. Sweigert , Nielsen Broman & Koch PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Abigail E. Bartlett , Clark County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Vancouver, WA, for Respondent.


GONZÁLEZ, J.

¶ 1 This case squarely asks whether petitioners collaterally challenging judgments and sentences based on a failure to follow statutory sentencing procedures must show that they were prejudiced by the claimed error. In 2007, Lowell Deray Finstad faced at least seven felony charges. After he was convicted by a jury on two of the charges, he and the State negotiated a global plea agreement on the remaining charges. The agreement likely resulted...

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