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MATTER OF FOWLER

No. 97456-0.

479 P.3d 1164 (2021)

In the MATTER OF the Personal Restraint of Vincent L. FOWLER, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed February 4, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Henry Browne , Law Offices of John Henry Browne PS, 801 2nd Ave. Ste. 800, Seattle, WA, 98104-1573, Craig D. Suffian , Attorney at Law, 2847 Nw 71st St., Seattle, WA, 98117-6250, for Petitioner.

Randall Avery Sutton , Kitsap Co. Prosecutor's Office, 614 Division St., Port Orchard, WA, 98366-4614, for Respondent.

Neil Martin Fox , Law Office of Neil Fox, PLLC, 2125 Western Ave. Ste. 330, Seattle, WA, 98121-3573, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Wa Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

¶1 The writ of habeas corpus is enshrined in our state and federal constitutions. WASH. CONST. art. I, § 13; U.S. CONST. art. I, § 9. Our legislature has the power to expand habeas corpus and frame it in ways that do not impinge on the writ's fundamental nature. See In re Pers. Restraint of Runyan,

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