State of Iowa v. Donald L. Smith, Jr.

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• explaining that we do not make arguments for the parties
• directing reviewing courts to “look to state law to determine what constitutes a 9 new or intervening judgment[]”
• stating that a conviction may be collaterally challenged on any grounds for a year after it is final, but after a year, a petitioner must show that one of the six exceptions under RCW 10.73.100 applies if the judgment and sentence is facially valid
• diseussing what makes a sentenee invalid and the meaning offacial invalidity separately
• “Only where the judgment and sentence was entered by a court without the authority to do so have we held the judgment invalid.”
• \[w]e have found only errors that result from a judge exceeding the judge's authority to render a judgment and sentence facially invalid.\

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