CORBETT v. PATTERSON

Civ. A. 67-C-25.

272 F.Supp. 602 (1967)

Joseph CORBETT, Jr., Petitioner, v. Wayne K. PATTERSON, Warden of the Colorado State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court D. Colorado.

July 3, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Erickson, Denver, Colo., and H. Malcolm Mackay, Denver, Colo., for petitioner.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., by John P. Moore and Paul D. Rubner, Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, Colo., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ARRAJ, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the Court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner was convicted in 1960 of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The victim of the murder was Adolph Coors III, a prominent Colorado businessman. Petitioner's conviction was affirmed by the Colorado Supreme Court, Corbett v. People, 153 Colo. 457, 387 P.2d 409 (1963...

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