Russell v. Kees

Citations

• 40 Wash. 244
• 82 P. 290
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 970

Syllabus

<p>Habeas Corpus — Judgment of Conviction — Conclusiveness—Offense Committed on Military Reservation — Plea oe Guilty — Want of Jurisdiction Not Appearing in Record. A conviction, upon a plea of guilty, of an offense in a certain county, is conclusive upon application for a writ of habeas corpus, and 'cannot be attacked by evidence that the crime was committed on a United States military reservation in said county, over which the state court, in which the conviction was had, had no jurisdiction, where there was nothing before that court to show the fact claimed; since the petitioner waived the defense and is concluded by his plea of guilty and the judgment of conviction.</p>