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LITCHFIELD v. TINSLEY

No. 6349.

281 F.2d 486 (1960)

Coy LITCHFIELD, Appellant, v. Harry C. TINSLEY, Warden of the Colorado State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

June 16, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Levine, Denver, Colo., for appellant.

John F. Brauer, Asst. Atty. Gen. for the State of Colorado (Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen. for the State of Colorado, and Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen. for the State of Colorado, on the brief), for appellee.

Before MURRAH, Chief Judge, and PHILLIPS and BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal is from the denial of an application for a writ of habeas corpus brought by Litchfield who is in the custody of the Warden of the Colorado State Penitentiary pursuant to the judgment of a Colorado court sentencing him to life imprisonment for the crime of murder. The only ground presented in support of the application which merits consideration is the use at the trial of an allegedly coerced confession. The warden asserts that the application...

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