§ 24.1 Introduction

• Jurisdiction: Washington

§24.1 INTRODUCTION

This chapter provides an overview of RAP 16.3 through 16.15, which establish the procedures for the personal restraint petition (PRP)—the mechanism for post-conviction relief in Washington appellate courts. The chapter explains what a personal restraint petition is, its relationship to the normal appellate process and to other remedies, and the kinds of substantive claims that can be raised and the types of relief available to a petitioner prevailing on a claim of unlawful...