RICHIE v. TINSLEY

No. 21159.

395 P.2d 738 (1964)

John Willis RICHIE, Jr., Plaintiff in Error, v. Harry C. TINSLEY, Warden, Colorado State Penitentiary, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

Rehearing Denied October 26, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Willis Richie, Jr., pro se.

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


MOORE, Justice.

We will refer to plaintiff in error as Richie, to defendant in error as respondent, and to Colorado State Board of Parole as Board of Parole.

Richie filed a petition for habeas corpus in the district court of Fremont county, Colorado, alleging that he is unlawfully imprisoned by respondent in the Colorado State Penitentiary. He claimed that he had not been sentenced to the penitentiary by any competent court of law; that he was brought to the...

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