In Re MacDuff

42 Wn.2d 488 (1953)

256 P.2d 293

In the Matter of the Application of JOHN W. MACDUFF for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

JOHN W. MACDUFF, Petitioner,

v.

JOHN R. CRANOR, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent.[1]

No. 32338.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

April 23, 1953.

John W. Macduff, pro se.

The Attorney General and Rudolph Naccarato, Assistant, for respondent.

On May 1, 1944, the petitioner entered a plea of guilty to a charge of taking a motor vehicle without permission of the owner, in violation of RCW 9.54.020. The court entered judgment and sentence that petitioner be…