In re Pers. Restraint of Yates (Majority)
Annotate this CaseA jury convicted Robert Yates Jr. of two counts of aggravated first degree murder and sentenced him to death. The Washington Supreme Court affirmed his conviction and sentence in 2007. Yates filed this personal restraint petition, claiming that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at his trial. The Court found that personal restraint petitions must be filed within one year of a judgment and sentence becoming final (with certain exceptions). Yates filed his personal restraint petition seven years after his judgment and sentence became final. Since his petition did not meet any of the statutory exceptions to the one-year filing requirement, the Supreme Court dismissed it as untimely.
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