In RE BONNER v. Rhay

57 Wn.2d 670 (1961)

359 P.2d 157

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of JOHN HERBERT BONNER, Appellant,

v.

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

No. 35495.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

February 2, 1961.

Wayne W. Wright and Alan L. Froelich, for appellant.

The Attorney General and Stephen C. Way, Assistant, for respondent.

MALLERY, J.

The petitioner has appealed to this court from an adverse ruling in a habeas corpus proceeding in the Superior Court for Walla Walla County.

The background of this proceeding is that he was sentenced in…