CRANOR v. GONZALES

No. 14245.

226 F.2d 83 (1955)

John R. CRANOR, Superintendent of the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla, Washington, Appellant, v. Albert GONZALES, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

August 22, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

R. Max Etter, Ellsworth I. Connelly, Spokane, Wash., for appellee.

Before HEALY and POPE, Circuit Judges, and HAMLIN, District Judge.


POPE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order granting the petition of appellee Gonzales for a writ of habeas corpus against appellant, Superintendent of the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla, Washington.

On April 28, 1950, Gonzales was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment by the Superior Court of King County, Washington, pursuant to his conviction upon the verdict of a jury of the crime of murder in the first degree which he was charged...

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