January v. Porter

These consolidated petitions for a writ of prohibition present the question of whether a convicted felon held in custody on a parole board order of detention may be released from detention on admission to bail by the superior court. In each case, the King County Sheriff, t'he Department of Institutions for the State of Washington, and the Board of Prison Terms and Paroles of the State of Washington, as petitioners, do not question the power of the superior court to admit an accused to bail on the charges pending before the court; they do, however, question the power of the court to direct the…