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In Re Pennington v. Smith

Washington Supreme Court

Decided December 14, 1949No. 30903PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMallery, J.

This appeal is from an order denying an application for writ of habeas corpus after a hearing on a show cause order.

Appellant was arrested May 19, 1947, on a warrant issued by a justice of the peace of Spokane county upon the complaint of Ralph Smith, sheriff of that county, which charged him with carnally abusing his eleven year old daughter. He was not taken before a committing magistrate for a preliminary hearing.

May 22, 1947, the prosecutor filed an information charging appellant with carnal knowledge of a female child under the age of eighteen years. The same day, he was arraigned and…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Haley v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. Chambers v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. Ashcraft v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  5. Waley v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1942

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. In RE WOODS v. RhayWashington Supreme Court · 1966
  2. State v. WeissWashington Supreme Court · 1968
  3. Thorne v. CallahanWashington Supreme Court · 1951
  4. Lockard v. StateIdaho Supreme Court · 1969
  5. State v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1970

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