TINSLEY v. WOODS

No. 18232.

313 P.2d 1006 (1957)

Harry C. TINSLEY, Warden, Colorado State Penitentiary, and Charles Canterbury, Sheriff of Fremont County, State of Colorado, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Roy A. WOODS, also known as Guy E. Long, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

August 5, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., and John W. Patterson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiffs in error.

No appearance for defendant in error.


DAY, Justice.

Defendant in error was the petitioner in the trial court. He has not appeared in these proceedings on error. Plaintiff in error Charles Canterbury, Sheriff of Fremont County, is the only respondent remaining a party in the case here. The other respondent, warden of the state penitentiary, was dismissed by agreement of the parties as not being involved in the controversy.

We will refer to the parties...

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