STATE v. WESTPHAL

No. 36762.

62 Wn.2d 301 (1963)

382 P.2d 269

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. MARTIN ROBERT WESTPHAL, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

June 6, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lyon, Kohls & Beaulaurier, by V.J. Beaulaurier, for appellant.

Lincoln E. Shropshire and Walter B. Dauber, for respondent.


WEAVER, J.

A jury having found defendant guilty of second degree burglary, he appeals from a judgment and sentence of not more than 15 years in the penitentiary.

First, defendant urges that he was charged by information rather than by an indictment by a grand jury which, he claims, contravenes his constitutional rights as provided by the fifth amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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