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IN RE MACDUFF

No. 32338.

42 Wn.2d 488 (1953)

256 P.2d 293

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

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

April 23, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Macduff, pro se.

The Attorney General and Rudolph Naccarato, Assistant, for respondent.

PER CURIAM:

On May 1, 1944, the petitioner entered a plea of guilty to a charge of taking a motor vehicle without permission of the owner, in violation of RCW 9.54.020. The court entered judgment and sentence that petitioner be punished by imprisonment for a period of not more than twenty years.

The petitioner now claims that the judgment and sentence were illegal, in that his term of confinement could not legally exceed ten years as provided by Rem. Rev....

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