Facts:
Petitioner Scott Skylstad filed a personal restraint petition (PRP) during the second of two direct appeals in the Washington Court of Appeals more than one year after his conviction of first degree robbery, but while his sentence was still on appeal. Read more…
Synopsis: Whether equitable tolling permits Bonds to submit an otherwise untimely amended PRP.
Synopsis: May a defendant collaterally challenge a conviction more than one year after the judgment becomes final when the defendant’s maximum possible sentence was misstated on the judgment and sentence form?
Facts: Petitioner Steven Clark was convicted of two counts of bank robbery in the Superior Court for King County and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole as a persistent offender on the basis of earlier convictions for bank robbery and delivery of a controlled substance. Read more…
