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UNITED STATES EX REL. PEBWORTH v. CONTE

No. 73-2207.

489 F.2d 266 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Preston PEBWORTH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. William R. CONTE, Director of Department of Institutions; Washington State Board of Prison Terms and Paroles, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 2, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preston Pebworth, in pro. per.

Slade Gorton, Atty. Gen., State of Washington, and Thomas A. Prediletto, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., for respondents-appellees.

Before KOELSCH, WRIGHT and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a denial without hearing of a petition for habeas corpus. The Petitioner, an inmate of Louisiana State Penitentiary, has attacked the validity of an earlier conviction in 1960 in the Washington State Superior Court for Yakima County. He there pleaded guilty to the crime of forgery in the first degree, was sentenced to a prison term of not more than 20 years, served a portion of that sentence...

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