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- Title: In re Personal Restraint of Debbie Runyan
- Author : 58777-9, 59175-0 Supreme Court of Washington Nos. 58672-1
- Release Date : January 20, 1993
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 82 KB
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[121 Wash2d Page 436] These three factually unrelated personal restraint petitions (PRPs) challenge the constitutionality of RCW 10.73.090 et seq.
(the statute) which, with certain exceptions, require postconviction petitions for collateral relief to be filed within 1
year after the conviction becomes final. The petitioners argue that this time limit acts to suspend the writ of habeas corpus
in violation of article 1, section 13 of our constitution. They also argue that the statute violates the equal protection
clause of both the federal and state constitutions. Alternatively, petitioners urge that, regardless of the statute's constitutionality,
the time limit does not apply to their petitions because they did not receive proper notice of its terms as required by the
statute. We reject petitioners' constitutional arguments and further hold that the notice provided by the Department of Corrections
(Department) was sufficient under the statute.