In Re Huffman v. Smith

1 Reported in 210 P.2d 805. In this habeas corpus proceeding, appellant seeks release from his detention in the Washington state penitentiary. It is his contention that the judgment and sentence under which he is being detained is void for the reason that it imposes two penalties upon him for the one crime of family desertion, contrary to the provisions of the applicable statute and in violation of constitutional safeguards against double jeopardy.

Appellant instituted the proceeding originally in this court by filing an application for a writ of habeas corpus. The chief justice referred the…