United States Ex Rel. Krogness v. Gladden

EAST, District Judge.

The relators seek federal habeas relief from the custody of the respondent, had pursuant to judgment of conviction and sentence entered by the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Union County.

The federal claim of unlawful conviction and sentence is that the relator’s conviction and sentence was based upon evidence (burglars’ tools, pistols and loot from a burglary) obtained through an unreasonable search and seizure by Washington State police officers and turned over to Oregon authorities. Of course, the evidence is no more valid in the hands of the Oregon…