McWILLIAMS, Justice.
On August 28, 1959 Casias was convicted by a jury of mayhem (C.R.S. '53, 40-2-24) and thereafter the same jury also determined that he had suffered two prior felony convictions. Pursuant to the Habitual Criminal Act (C.R.S. '53, 39-13-1 et seq.) the trial court adjudged Casias to be "guilty of the crime of Mayhem—Habitual Criminal" and sentenced him to twenty-five to thirty years in the state penitentiary.
Subsequently, Casias filed...
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