STATE v. PRATER

Nos. 40283, 40300.

77 Wn.2d 526 (1970)

463 P.2d 640

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. HARRY LEE PRATER, Appellant. In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of HARRY LEE PRATER, Petitioner, v. JACK D. PORTER, as Sheriff of King County, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 8, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gustav G. Kostakos, for appellant (appointed counsel for appeal).

Charles O. Carroll and Steve Paul Moen, for respondent.


ROSELLINI, J.

Appellant Harry Lee Prater appeals from the judgment and sentence entered on his conviction by jury of the crime of taking and riding in a motor vehicle without permission of the owner. He was sentenced to a maximum term of 10 years in a state penal institution.

About 8:15 p.m. on October 30, 1967, officers William J. Noon and Carl E. Ahl of the Seattle Police Department observed a 1956 Chevrolet automobile traveling at an excessive rate of speed...

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