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IN RE WESLEY v. SCHNECKLOTH

No. 34127.

55 Wn.2d 90 (1959)

346 P.2d 658

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of JOSEPH JOE WESLEY, Petitioner, v. MERLE E. SCHNECKLOTH, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

November 19, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Joe Wesley, pro se.

The Attorney General and Michael R. Alfieri, Assistant, for respondent.

WEAVER, C.J.

Joseph Joe Wesley was charged in the superior court with grand larceny committed in Yakima county, Washington. Having waived counsel and pleaded guilty, he was sentenced to the state penitentiary for a period of not more than fifteen years. Nothing in the record indicates that Mr. Wesley's status as an enrolled member of the Yakima Indian tribe was ever brought to the attention of the trial court; nor does it appear that the trial court was advised that...

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