Legal Opinion
In RE SHEPPARD v. Rhay
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 2, 1968No. 39682PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Walterskirchen, J. †
May 13, 1958, Martin L. Sheppard (hereinafter called petitioner) was charged in the Pierce County Superior Court with robbery. Competent counsel was appointed to represent him and he entered a plea of not guilty. Prior to his trial, petitioner’s counsel contacted petitioner’s aunt, who was acting as his guardian since his own parents did not reside in the state of Washington. The trial resulted in a verdict of guilty, and thereafter, on July 14, 1958, judgment of sentence and conviction was entered.
January 18, 1967, petitioner, then an inmate at the Washington State…
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