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CERNY v. SMITH

No. 42735.

84 Wn.2d 59 (1974)

524 P.2d 230

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of JOSEPH CERNY III, Petitioner, v. SIDNEY E. SMITH, as Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

July 11, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freise & Lutcher, by Gregory L. Lutcher, for petitioner (appointed counsel for appeal).

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and Thomas A. Prediletto, Assistant, for respondent.

FINLEY, J.

Petitioner Joseph Cerny by a writ of habeas corpus seeks this court's review of the circumstances surrounding his arrest and conviction for a felony-murder which occurred in 1968. See State v. Cerny, 78 Wn.2d 845, 480 P.2d 199, death sentence vacated, 408 U.S. 939, 33 L.Ed.2d 761, 92 S.Ct. 2873 (1971). Contrarily, the Attorney General's...

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