Legal Opinion

In RE PETTIT v. Rhay

Washington Supreme Court

Decided July 11, 1963No. 36914PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

62 Wn.2d 515 (1963)

383 P.2d 889

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of FLOYD W. PETTIT, Respondent,

v.

B.J. RHAY, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Appellant.[*]

No. 36914.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

July 11, 1963.

The Attorney General and Basil L. Badley, Assistant, for appellant.

Irving C. Paul, Jr., for respondent.

DONWORTH, J.

This is an appeal by the superintendent of the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla from an order of the Superior Court of Walla Walla County directing the discharge of respondent, Floyd W. Pettit, from the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  5. Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. In RE McNEAR v. RhayWashington Supreme Court · 1965
  2. City of Tacoma v. HeaterWashington Supreme Court · 1966
  3. State v. JacksonWashington Supreme Court · 1965
  4. State v. RoebuckWashington Supreme Court · 1968
  5. In RE SUMMERS v. RhayWashington Supreme Court · 1966

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