SHARP v. TINSLEY

No. 19789.

362 P.2d 859 (1961)

William A. SHARP, Plaintiff in Error, v. Harry C. TINSLEY, Warden, Colorado State Penitentiary, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

June 19, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Sharp, pro se.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., J. F. Brauer, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.


DAY, Justice.

We will refer to the plaintiff in error as the petitioner and to the defendant in error as the Warden.

Petitioner's application for a writ of habeas corpus was dismissed and this writ of error is directed to the refusal of the trial court to issue the writ or to grant a hearing thereon.

In his application for the writ, petitioner sets forth a number of grounds upon which he relies in support of his assertion that he is being illegally...

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