IN RE ROBERTS v. SCHNECKLOTH

No. 34124.

55 Wn.2d 105 (1959)

346 P.2d 668

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of DOUGLAS E. ROBERTS, 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

Raftis & Raftis, for petitioner.

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


WEAVER, C.J.

January 19, 1955, Douglas E. Roberts was charged in Stevens county with the commission of the crime of second-degree assault by attacking Eileen Bailey and Isabel Bailey with a "section of 3/4 inch water pipe, approximately 18 inches long," under circumstances not amounting to first-degree assault.

At Mr. Robert's arraignment, the court, at his request, appointed an attorney to represent him. January...

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