Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of Holohan v. Rhay

Washington Supreme Court

Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of Holohan v. Rhay

321 P.2d 259, 51 Wash. 2d 895, 1958 Wash. LEXIS 518

Washington Supreme Court·Decided January 31, 1958·No. No. 34495·Published

Opinion

Per Curiam.

On December 26, 1955, the petitioner entered a plea of guilty to the crime of taking a motor vehicle without permission of [896] the owner in violation of RCW 9.54.020, Rem. Rev. Stat., § 2601-1. Judgment and sentence was entered by the superior court January 18, 1956, providing that petitioner be punished by imprisonment for a period of not more than twenty years.

For the reasons indicated in the per curiam opinion in In re Richey v. Squier, ante p. 38, 315 P. (2d) 638, filed September 17, 1957, the petitioner is to be returned to the court where his plea was entered, and that court is directed to impose a corrected sentence of not more than ten years, as provided by the properly applicable statute, i.e., RCW 9.92.010, Rem. Rev. Stat., § 2265.

Writ of habeas corpus denied; imposition of corrected sentence directed.

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Per Curiam.

On December 26, 1955, the petitioner entered a plea of guilty to the crime of taking a motor vehicle without permission of [896] the owner in violation of RCW 9.54.020, Rem. Rev. Stat., § 2601-1. Judgment and sentence was entered by the superior court January 18, 1956, providing that petitioner be punished by imprisonment for a period of not more than twenty years.

For the reasons indicated in the per curiam opinion in In re Richey v. Squier, ante p. 38, 315 P. (2d) 638, filed September 17, 1957, the petitioner is to be returned to the court where his plea was entered, and that court is directed to impose a corrected sentence of not more than ten years, as provided by the properly applicable statute, i.e., RCW 9.92.010, Rem. Rev. Stat., § 2265.

Writ of habeas corpus denied; imposition of corrected sentence directed.

Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of Holohan v. Rhay, 321 P.2d 259, 51 Wash. 2d 895, 1958 Wash. LEXIS 518 (Wash. 1958).

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