IN RE MOON v. CRANOR

No. 31242.

35 Wn.2d 230 (1949)

212 P.2d 775

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of LEO MOON, Petitioner, v. JOHN R. CRANOR, as Warden of the State Penitentiary, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

December 10, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo Moon, pro se.

The Attorney General and John D. Blankinship, Assistant, for respondent.


MALLERY, J.

This case comes to us as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by an inmate of the state penitentiary.

December 13, 1948, petitioner was charged in Walla Walla county with grand larceny by check. Under the heading "Statement of the case," petitioner concisely sets out his version of the facts:

"Petitioner, realizing the said charge was a misdemeanor, refused the court's offer to appoint counsel and placed himself at the mercy of...

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