Case Name: In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of Wayne W. Powers, Petitioner, v. Merle E. Schneckloth, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1957-09-17
Citations: 51 Wash. 2d 891
Docket Number: No. 34056
Parties: In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of Wayne W. Powers, Petitioner, v. Merle E. Schneckloth, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 51
Pages: 891–891

Head Matter:
[No. 34056.
Department One.
September 17, 1957.]
In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of Wayne W. Powers, Petitioner, v. Merle E. Schneckloth, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent.
Wayne W. Powers, pro se.
The Attorney General and Michael R. Alfieri, Assistant, for respondent.
Reported in 315 P. (2d) 639.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
On November 14, 1952, the petitioner was found guilty of the crime of taking a motor vehicle without permission of the owner, in violation of RCW 9.54.020, Rem. Rev. Stat., § 2601-1. The court entered judgment and sentence that petitioner be punished by imprisonment for a period of not more than twenty years.
For the same reasons indicated in the per curiam opinion in In re Richey v. Squier, ante p. 38, 315 P. (2d) 638, filed this day, the petitioner is to be returned to the court where his plea was entered, and that court is directed to impose a corrected sentence.