Case Name: In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of Roger James Kahler, Petitioner, v. P. J. Squire, as Superintendent of the State Reformatory, Respondent
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1956-07-03
Citations: 49 Wash. 2d 911
Docket Number: No. 33615
Parties: In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of Roger James Kahler, Petitioner, v. P. J. Squire, as Superintendent of the State Reformatory, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 49
Pages: 911–911

Head Matter:
[No. 33615.
Department Two.
July 3, 1956.]
In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of Roger James Kahler, Petitioner, v. P. J. Squire, as Superintendent of the State Reformatory, Respondent.
Roger James Kahler, pro se.
The Attorney General and Michael R. Alfieri, Assistant, for respondent.
Reported in 299 P. (2d) 570.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Petitioner, Roger James Kahler, was arrested and charged with a violation of a section of the uniform firearms act, RCW 9.41.050. Kahler pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to ten years in the Washington state reformatory, under the penalty provision of the act, RCW 9.41.160.
In the case of In re Olsen v. Delmore, 48 Wn. (2d) 545, 295 P. (2d) 324, we held that RCW 9.41.160 was unconstitutional. This being the case, the judgment and sentence under which Kahler is now being restrained is void. Therefore, the writ of habeas corpus will issue.