Legal Opinion

In RE BUCKINGHAM v. Cranor

Washington Supreme Court

Decided August 5, 1954No. 32669Published

1Opinion of the Court

45 Wn.2d 116 (1954)

273 P.2d 494

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of W.H. BUCKINGHAM, Petitioner,

v.

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

No. 32669.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

August 5, 1954.

Adolf D. Koch, for petitioner.

The Attorney General and Cyrus A. Dimmick, Assistant, for respondent.

OLSON, J.

Petitioner is held by respondent under a judgment and sentence valid and regular on its face. It was entered May 25, 1950, upon the verdict of a jury convicting petitioner of the crime of incest, by a court which had…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Gibbs v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Abraham v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Bradley v. State Taylor v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1949
  5. Commonwealth v. O'KeefeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929

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