SNOW v. COX

No. 8126.

414 P.2d 217 (1966)

76 N.M. 238

Lawrence Jay SNOW, Petitioner, v. Harold A. COX, Warden of the New Mexico State Penitentiary, Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

May 9, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Roberts, Santa Fe, for petitioner.

Boston Witt, Atty. Gen., Paul J. Lacy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioner seeks discharge from custody of the respondent under a writ of habeas corpus.

The uncontradicted facts are that on March 23, 1955, petitioner was sentenced by the district court of Bernalillo County to a term of not less than 5 nor more than 15 years in the penitentiary for the crime of armed robbery. On January 2, 1959, petitioner voluntarily signed a parole agreement which contained the following pertinent provisions:

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