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PIGG v. PATTERSON

No. 8869.

370 F.2d 101 (1966)

James C. PIGG, Appellant, v. Wayne K. PATTERSON, Warden, Colorado State Penitentiary, and Charles Meredith, Superintendent, Colorado State Hospital, Pueblo, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

December 16, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry D. Hartzog, of Mosteller, Andrews & Mosburg, Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellant.

James W. Creamer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, Colo. (Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Robert C. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, Colo., on the brief), for appellees.

Before PICKETT, LEWIS and HICKEY, Circuit Judges.

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

In 1959, appellant Pigg was tried in the District Court for Denver County, Colorado, on a charge of murder and found by a jury to be not guilty by reason of insanity. Thereupon, pursuant to Colorado statute, Pigg was committed to the Colorado State Hospital at Pueblo. Shortly thereafter, the Superintendent of the State Hospital reported to the Governor that Pigg was so dangerous that he could not be safely confined in that institution. By executive...

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