SWOPE v. COOKSIE

No. 5959.

285 P.2d 793 (1955)

59 N.M. 429

E.B. SWOPE, Warden of the Penitentiary of the State of New Mexico, Plaintiff-in-Error, v. Arthur M. Cooksie, Defendant-in-Error.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

July 6, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Robinson, Atty. Gen., Santiago E. Campos, Jack A. Smith, Walter R. Kegel, Asst. Attys. Gen., for plaintiff in error.

Frederick G. Von Huben, Santa Fe, for defendant in error.


McCULLOH, District Judge.

The Defendant-in-Error, hereafter called the Petitioner, was sentenced to serve a term in the State Penitentiary for a period of three to five years on a conviction of grand larceny, on April 12, 1951, in the District Court of Dona Ana County. Thereafter, on February 9, 1953, he was conditionally released on parole. On August 4, 1953 he was convicted of the commission of a second crime, breaking...

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