IN RE KENSTRIP v. CRANOR

No. 31834.

39 Wn.2d 403 (1951)

235 P.2d 467

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of LAWRENCE KENSTRIP, Petitioner, v. JOHN R. CRANOR, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

September 13, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Kenstrip, pro se.

The Attorney General, Jennings P. Felix and Robert A. Comfort, Assistants, for respondent.


MALLERY, J.

This matter is before this court on an order to show cause why the petitioner's prayer for a writ of habeas corpus should not be granted.

It appears, by the return on the show cause order, that petitioner entered a plea of guilty to a charge of first degree assault; that the court was aware of his previous commitment to the insane asylum, from which he had escaped; that the court examined him and determined, in its own mind, that he was...

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