Court Opinion

ID: 9854309
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 06:04:58.665318+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:23:00.770825
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Grady, C. J.
(concurring specially)—I have signed the opinion, but desire to concur specially in the result reached that the trial court did not err in denying the application for a writ of habeas corpus. My special concurrence is upon the ground that in securing the evidence referred to, there was no violation of amendment 4 of the United States constitution.
The claim made that the evidence was obtained unlawfully does more than merely raise a question of its admissibility. Inherent in such question is also the one whether *617the evidence was obtained in violation of the constitution.
It is my belief that we must consider and decide this question in order to comply with RCW 7.36.140, which enlarges the scope of inquiry in a habeas corpus proceeding.
The fact that the Federal question was raised and decided at the trial of the criminal case does not make it res judicata in a subsequent habeas corpus proceeding. The Federal courts have decided that one seeking a writ of habeas corpus in those courts must show that he has exhausted his state remedies, one of which may be a petition to the state courts based upon a violation of rights guaranteed by the United States constitution. If such a petition is filed, the statute above cited requires that we decide the Federal question raised. If the petition is denied, the requirement is met and the Federal courts are then open to petitioner in so far as that question is concerned.