MEDBERRY v. PATTERSON

Civ. A. No. 6789.

188 F.Supp. 557 (1960)

Petition of Ellsworth MEDBERRY, Petitioner, v. Wayne K. PATTERSON, Warden of The Colorado State Reformatory, and Harry C. Tinsley, Warden of The Colorado State Penitentiary, Respondents.

United States District Court D. Colorado.

August 31, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel D. Menin, Denver, Colo., for petitioner.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen. of Colorado, Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., and J. F. Brauer, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondents.


ARRAJ, Chief Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that petitioner's imprisonment is in violation of the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment in that he was denied adequate legal representation and an adequate appellate review.

This is the third time petitioner has sought relief in this Court. The memorandum opinion and order filed in connection with the second petition...

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