In RE WAKEFIELD v. Rhay

57 Wn.2d 168 (1960)

356 P.2d 596

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of ROBERT WAKEFIELD, Petitioner,

v.

B.J. RHAY, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent.[1]

No. 35081.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

October 20, 1960.

Smithmoore P. Myers, for petitioner.

The Attorney General, Lawrence Ross and Stephen C. Way, Assistants, for respondent.

HUNTER, J.

The petitioner, Robert Wakefield, hereinafter called the defendant, was charged with the crime of grand larceny by embezzlement, and upon a plea of guilty, judgment was entered. He was sentenced to the…