ESPINOZA v. TINSLEY

No. 20977.

390 P.2d 941 (1964)

John Max ESPINOZA, Plaintiff in Error, v. Harry C. TINSLEY, Warden of the Colorado State Penitentiary, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

March 30, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Max Espinoza, pro se.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard W. Bangert, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.


DAY, Justice.

Espinoza will be referred to as petitioner, and defendant in error Tinsley, who is the Warden of the Colorado State Penitentiary, will be referred to as the respondent.

This writ of error is to an order of the district court denying petition for writ of habeas corpus. Refusal of the court to issue the writ was summary in nature with the court entering a finding that the petition on the face thereof shows that he (the petitioner) "can neither...

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