Case Name: In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of Luke Pope, Petitioner, v. B. J. Rhay, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1959-02-26
Citations: 53 Wash. 2d 831
Docket Number: No. 34963
Parties: In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of Luke Pope, Petitioner, v. B. J. Rhay, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 53
Pages: 831–831

Head Matter:
[No. 34963.
Department Two.
February 26, 1959.]
In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of Luke Pope, Petitioner, v. B. J. Rhay, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent.
Luke Pope, pro se.
The Attorney General, Stephen C. Way and M. Lawrence Ross, Assistants, for respondent.
Reported in 335 P. (2d) 805.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The petitioner pleaded guilty to the crime of riding in a motor vehicle taken without the permission of the owner, in violation of RCW 9.54.020. The trial court entered judgment and sentence that the petitioner be imprisoned for a period of not more than twenty years.
For the reasons indicated in In re Klapproth v. Squier, 50 Wn. (2d) 675, 314 P. (2d) 430 (1957), and in In re Richey v. Squier, 51 Wn. (2d) 38, 315 P. (2d) 638 (1957), it is necessary to correct the sentence pronounced by changing the maximum from twenty to ten years, as provided by RCW 9.92.010.
The respondent is directed to produce the petitioner in the court where he was convicted and where judgment and sentence were pronounced; and that court is directed to impose a corrected sentence, as indicated in this opinion and in the cases cited^