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JANSEN v. MORRIS

No. 43677.

87 Wn.2d 258 (1976)

551 P.2d 743

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of WILLIAM D. JANSEN, Petitioner, v. CHARLES MORRIS, as Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 1, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Farrell, Richard Emery, and Allen Ressler, for petitioner.

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and Nate D. Mannakee, Assistant, for respondents.

HAMILTON, J.

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus. On February 27, 1962, the State filed an information charging petitioner, William D. Jansen, with the crime of robbery (count 1) and first-degree murder committed in the course of the robbery (count 2). On May 10, 1962, a jury convicted petitioner of both crimes. The jury also entered special verdicts finding petitioner armed with a deadly weapon at the time of the commission of either offense and rejecting...

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