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IN RE WOODS v. RHAY

No. 34306.

54 Wn.2d 36 (1959)

338 P.2d 332

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of GERALD R. WOODS, Petitioner, v. B.J. RHAY, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

April 16, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald R. Woods, pro se. (J.J. Roller and F. Curtis Hilton, of counsel, pro bono publico.)

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

ROSELLINI, J.

This matter is before the court on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States, which granted the petitioner's application for a writ of certiorari and vacated the judgment of this court denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The order of the supreme court provided:

"It is further ordered that this case be, and the same is hereby, remanded to the Supreme Court of Washington for consideration in light of Eskridge v. Washington...

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