In RE KLAPPROTH v. Squier

50 Wn.2d 675 (1957)

314 P.2d 430

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of JOHN WILLIAM KLAPPROTH, Petitioner,

v.

P.J. SQUIER, as Superintendent of the State Reformatory, Respondent.[1]

No. 33814.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

August 8, 1957.

John William Klapproth, pro se.

The Attorney General and Michael R. Alfieri, Assistant, for respondent.

W.J. Murphy and Orville E. Peebles, amici curiae.

MALLERY, J.

The petitioner pleaded guilty to a charge of intentionally taking a motor vehicle without the permission of the owner in violation of RCW 9.54.020, Rem. Rev. Stat., §…