Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of James Louis Bastian for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. James Louis Bastian, Petitioner, v. Merle R. Schneckloth, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1957-10-17
Citations: 51 Wash. 2d 891
Docket Number: No. 34078
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of James Louis Bastian for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. James Louis Bastian, Petitioner, v. Merle R. Schneckloth, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 51
Pages: 891–891

Head Matter:
[No. 34078.
Department One.
October 17, 1957.]
In the Matter of the Application of James Louis Bastian for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. James Louis Bastian, Petitioner, v. Merle R. Schneckloth, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent.
W. J. Murphy and Orville E. Peebles, for petitioner.
The Attorney General and Michael R. Alfieri, Assistant, for respondent.
Reported in 316 P. (2d) 1105.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The petitioner was found guilty of the crime of taking a motor vehicle without the permission of the owner in violation of RCW 9.54.020, Rem. Rev. Stat. § 2601-1. 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 (1957), 50 Wn. (2d) 675, 314 P. (2d) 430, and in In re Richey v. Squier (1957), ante p. 38, 315 P. (2d) 638, it is necessary to correct the sentence pronounced by changing the maximum from twenty to ten years, as provided by RCW 9.92.010, Rem. Rev. Stat., § 2265.
The respondent is directed to produce the petitioner in the court where he was convicted, and where judgment and sentence was pronounced; and that court is directed to impose a corrected sentence, as indicated in this opinion and in the cases cited.