In re the Personal Restraint of Fleming

Supreme Court of Washington · Decided 2001-01-25

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Irelajnid, J. — In this personal restraint petition, Jon Royal Fleming claims that in light of two psychological evaluations, he should have been afforded a competency hearing before the entry of his guilty plea. Finding that counsel was ineffective in failing to apprise the court that defendant’s competence was in doubt following psychological evaluations, we reverse the Court of Appeals, grant the personal restraint petition (P…

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