IN RE WILLIAMS

No. 53803-4.

111 Wn.2d 353 (1988)

759 P.2d 436

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of ALLEN RAY WILLIAMS, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen Ray Williams, pro se, and Scott J. Engelhard of Washington Appellate Defender Association, for petitioner.

John W. Ladenburg, Prosecuting Attorney, Chris Quinn-Brintnall, Senior Appellate Deputy, and H. Eben Gorbaty, Deputy, for respondent.


ANDERSEN, J.

FACTS OF CASE

The personal restraint petition of Allen Ray Williams (defendant) raises a number of issues relating to the use of prior convictions in sentencing a defendant under the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981 (SRA).1

On July 20, 1985, the defendant, who had a long history of driving infractions, drove a truck into another vehicle and caused the death of the other driver. The defendant had been drinking...

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