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IN RE HOY v. RHAY

No. 34542.

54 Wn.2d 508 (1959)

342 P.2d 607

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of LAWRENCE D. HOY et al., Appellants, v. B.J. RHAY, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

July 23, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adolf D. Koch, for appellants.

The Attorney General, Stephen C. Way, Assistant, and Michael R. Alfieri, Special Assistant, for respondent.

DONWORTH, J.

In June, 1956, a petition was filed in this court by Lawrence Hoy and Robert McGrath, inmates of the state penitentiary at Walla Walla, for a writ of habeas corpus. Since the time of the original filing of this petition, Merle E. Schneckloth, superintendent of the state penitentiary at Walla Walla, was succeeded by B.J. Rhay on January 16, 1957. Upon stipulation of counsel for the parties, this court entered an order substituting B.J. Rhay as respondent...

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