In RE WILBURN v. Cranor

The petitioner is an inmate of the Washington state penitentiary. He was convicted of second-degree burglary, and sentenced to a term of fifteen years. He was represented by counsel and had a jury trial.

He petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus upon two grounds. The first is that he was charged by information rather than by an indictment by a grand jury, which he claims contravenes his constitutional rights as provided by the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the constitution of the United States. This contention has previously been decided adversely to petitioner. See In re Payne…