In RE SIIPOLA v. Cranor

Petitioner has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that he is being unlawfully detained of his liberty by the respondent, superintendent of the state penitentiary, under a void judgment and sentence. Respondent has interposed a demurrer to the application.

September 24, 1948, petitioner pleaded guilty to an information filed against him in Clallam county criminal cause No. 1602, charging him with the crime of grand larceny, as defined by Rem. Rev. Stat., § 2601 [P.P.C. § 117-47]. September 27, 1948, he was adjudged guilty of that crime and sentenced to the penitentiary at…