Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of Richey v. Squier

On December 23, 1956, 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, Rem. Rev. Stat., § 2601-1. The court entered judgment and sentence that petitioner be punished by imprisonment for a period of not more than twenty years.

The petitioner now claims that the judgment and sentence were illegal, in that his term of confinement could not legally exceed ten years, as provided by RCW 9.92.010, Rem. Rev. Stat., § 2265. The statute reads as follows:

“Every person convicted of a felony for which no punishment…