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HAWKINS v. RHAY

No. 40974.

78 Wn.2d 389 (1970)

474 P.2d 557

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of JOHN WILLIAM HAWKINS, Petitioner, v. B.J. RHAY, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

September 17, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Rosen and John M. Junker, for petitioner.

The Attorney General and Stephen C. Way, Assistant, for respondent.

HAMILTON, J.

The petitioner, by way of habeas corpus, seeks to have a verdict and sentence of death imposed upon him set aside. He contends that the process of selecting the jury violated his right to an impartial jury within the contemplation of the sixth and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution, as those amendments have been interpreted and applied by the United States Supreme Court in the cases of Witherspoon v. Illinois,

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