PIGG v. TINSLEY

No. 20832.

405 P.2d 687 (1965)

James Carlos PIGG, Plaintiff in Error, v. Harry C. TINSLEY, Warden of the Colorado State Penitentiary, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

September 13, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isaac Mellman, Denver, for plaintiff in error.

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


MOORE, Justice.

James Carlos Pigg, to whom we will refer as the petitioner, is here on writ of error to review a judgment by which the trial court denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In so doing, the trial court stated that the petition on its face showed that the petitioner was not entitled to be discharged from custody.

The petitioner was accused of first degree murder and upon the trial thereof was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Pursuant...

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