Legal Opinion
In RE DAVIS v. Rhay
Washington Supreme Court
Decided April 21, 1966No. 38329Published
1Opinion of the Court
68 Wn.2d 496 (1966)
413 P.2d 654
In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of WILLIE L. DAVIS, Respondent,
v.
B.J. RHAY, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Appellant.[*]
No. 38329.
The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.
April 21, 1966.
The Attorney General and Paul J. Murphy, Assistant, for appellant.
REVELLE, J.[]
Petitioner Willie L. Davis "jumped bail" in 1957 when he fled from two separate King County charges by information, one for two narcotics counts and one for four forgery counts.
Six years later the New York police notified Seattle police that he was…
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