SPECHT v. TINSLEY

No. 20703.

385 P.2d 423 (1963)

Francis Eddie SPECHT, Plaintiff in Error, v. Harry C. TINSLEY, Warden of the Colorado State Penitentiary, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

September 30, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Eddie Specht, pro se.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., John E. Bush, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for defendant in error.


McWILLIAMS, Justice.

In his petition for a writ of habeas corpus Specht alleged that he was being "illegally and unlawfully detained by respondent [Tinsley] at the Colorado State Penitentiary * * * in violation of his rights pursuant to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Colorado" and sought issuance of the writ on the following grounds:

1. That though convicted of the crime of indecent...

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