SPECHT v. PATTERSON

No. 8433.

357 F.2d 325 (1966)

Francis Eddie SPECHT, Appellant, v. Wayne K. PATTERSON, Warden, Colorado State Penitentiary, Dr. Charles E. Meredith, Supt., Colorado State Hospital, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Williams, Denver, Colo. (Gary L. Greer, Denver, Colo., with him on brief), for appellant.

John E. Bush, Denver, Colo. (Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., and Frank E. Hickey, Denver, Colo., with him on brief), for appellees.

Before MURRAH, Chief Judge, and PICKETT and SETH, Circuit Judges.


MURRAH, Chief Judge.

In this habeas corpus proceedings originating in the Colorado Court the petitioner challenges the constitutionality of his state imposed indeterminate sentence as a sex offender in accordance with Colorado Revised Statutes, 1963, § 39-19-1 et seq. The trial court sustained the constitutionality on the basis of prior adjudications of the Colorado Supreme Court and this court in Trueblood v. Tinsley, 316 F.2d 783<...

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