State v. Lei

October 14, 1959, a jury in Yakima County found Walter Lei guilty of the crime of robbery. October 21, 1959, before sentence was imposed upon the verdict, a supplemental information was filed in the same cause which alleged that he had previously been convicted, on November 29, 1946, of burglary in the first degree, and, on February 16, 1951, of murder in the second degree, both convictions being in the state of Idaho, and that, by virtue of three felony convictions, he should be subjected to the penalty of the habitual criminal act.

April 21, 1960, a jury found Lei to be an habitual criminal.…