GIRON v. CRANOR

No. 739.

116 F.Supp. 92 (1953)

GIRON et al. v. CRANOR.

United States District Court E. D. Washington, S. D.

October 14, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Max Etter, Spokane, for petitioners.

Don Eastvold, Atty. Gen. of Washington, Cyrus A. Dimmick, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Washington, for respondent.


DRIVER, Chief Judge.

William Giron, Albert Gonzales, and Cecil Coluya, inmates of the Washington State Penitentiary, serving life sentences for murder, petitioned this Court for writ of habeas corpus. The petition was filed in forma pauperis; but, at the hearing on the order to show cause, an attorney of their own selection appeared for petitioners. He contends that a coerced confession of Gonzales was admitted in evidence and used to secure the conviction of petitioners...

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