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IN RE APPLICATION OF SUMMERS

No. 31839.

40 Wn.2d 419 (1952)

243 P.2d 494

In the Matter of the Application of JOHN M. SUMMERS for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

April 24, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gagliardi, Ursich & Gagliardi, for appellant.

Valen H. Honeywell, Jr., Norbert F. Knecht, and Robert Jacques, for respondent.

OLSON, J.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing relator's petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Upon his conviction of the crime of burglary in Illinois, in 1943, relator was sentenced to the state penitentiary for a term "of from one year to life." In 1945, he was released from custody to enter the armed services, from which he was discharged after serving about three months. In 1947, he was again confined in the Illinois penitentiary for an alleged...

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