ESKRIDGE v. RHAY

No. 19724.

345 F.2d 778 (1965)

Tom ESKRIDGE, in re Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus, Appellant, v. B. J. RHAY, Superintendent of Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla, Washington, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Eskridge, in pro. per.

John J. O'Connell, Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., for appellee.

Before HAMLEY, MERRILL and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges.


HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.

Tom Eskridge, a Washington state prisoner, appeals from a district court order denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court entered a certificate of probable cause, thereby enabling this court to entertain the appeal. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (1958).

On December 14, 1935, following his trial and conviction on a charge of murder in the first degree, Eskridge was sentenced by the Superior Court of Spokane County...

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