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IN RE YATES

No. 87518-9.

321 P.3d 1195 (2014)

180 Wn.2d 33

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Robert Lee YATES, Jr., Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 20, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Erwin Ellis , Oregon Capital Resource Center, Portland, OR, Steven Witchley , Holmes & Witchley PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Steven J. Tucker , Attorney at Law, Spokane, WA, for Respondent.

OWENS, J.

¶ 1 Thirteen years ago, Robert Lee Yates Jr. agreed to plead guilty to 13 counts of aggravated first degree murder and 1 count of attempted first degree murder in exchange for a 408-year prison sentence. Yates now seeks to withdraw those guilty pleas, claiming that he should technically have been sentenced to 408 years with a possible extension to life in prison rather than a determinate 408-year sentence. Because he has not shown that he was prejudiced...

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