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MATTER OF HINTON

No. 98135-3.

525 P.3d 156 (2023)

In the MATTER OF the Personal Restraint of James HINTON, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Filed: March 9, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Charles Link , Washington Appellate Project, 1511 3rd Ave. Ste. 610, Seattle, WA, 98101-1683, for Petitioner.

Amy R. Meckling , King County Pros. Attorney's Office, 516 3rd Ave. Ste. W554, Seattle, WA, 98104-2390, for Respondent.

Jeffrey Erwin Ellis , Law Office of Alsept & Ellis, 621 Sw. Morrison St. Ste. 1025, Portland, OR, 97205-3813, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Freedom Project of Washington.

Randall Avery Sutton , Kitsap County Pros. Attorney's Office, 614 Division St., Port Orchard, WA, 98366-4614, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.

¶1 James Hinton was sentenced to a 37-year standard range adult sentence for a murder and an attempted murder he committed at age 17. His judgment and sentence became final in 2001. In his current personal restraint petition (PRP), Hinton argues that he was less culpable than an adult when he committed those crimes, so his standard...

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