IN RE YATES

No. 89792-1.

353 P.3d 1283 (2015)

183 Wn.2d 572

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

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided July 9, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd Maybrown , Allen Hansen & Maybrown PS, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Mark Evans Lindquist , Kathleen Proctor , Pierce County Proscecutors Office, Tacoma, WA, for Respondent.


¶ 1 Thirteen years ago, a jury convicted Robert Lee Yates Jr. of two counts of aggravated first degree murder and sentenced him to death. We affirmed his conviction and sentence in 2007. Yates now files this personal restraint petition, claiming that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at his trial. However, personal restraint...

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