ABEL v. TINSLEY

Civ. A. No. 7467.

213 F.Supp. 784 (1962)

Frank ABEL and John G. Grimes, Petitioners, v. Harry C. TINSLEY, Warden, Colorado State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court D. Colorado.

July 9, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter L. Gerash, Denver, Colo., for petitioners.

J. F. Brauer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, Colo., for respondent.


CHILSON, District Judge.

In 1947 the petitioners were found guilty by a jury in the District Court of Gunnison County, Colorado of the crimes of robbery (count 1), kidnapping accompanied by bodily harm (count 2), and kidnapping for extortion (count 3).

The petitioners are now confined in the Colorado State Penitentiary under sentences imposed upon their convictions.

Upon application by petitioners, this court permitted petitioners to file herein, in...

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