ROMERO v. TINSLEY

No. 18356.

317 P.2d 1043 (1957)

John Albert ROMERO, Plaintiff in Error, v. Harry C. TINSLEY, Warden, State Penitentiary, Canon City, Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

November 18, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Deikman, Denver, for plaintiff in error.

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


KNAUSS, Justice.

Plaintiff in error, herein referred to as petitioner, applied for a writ of habeas corpus the object of which was to restore petitioner to his liberty, it being alleged in the petition for the writ that the district court in and for the City and County of Denver exceeded its lawful jurisdiction in sentencing petitioner to the penitentiary.

It appears that on or about December 7, 1953 defendant was convicted of the crime of aggravated robbery...

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