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HOLMES v. PEOPLE

No. 23412.

456 P.2d 731 (1969)

James Edward HOLMES, Plaintiff in Error, v. PEOPLE of the State of Colorado and Howard K. Phillips, Manager of Safety and Ex-Officio Sheriff of the City and County of Denver, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 30, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gertrude A. Score, Denver, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., George De Roos, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for defendants in error.

PRINGLE, Justice.

James Edward Holmes, hereinafter designated as the petitioner, pleaded guilty to a charge of armed robbery in Mississippi in March of 1961 and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Thereafter, he escaped from confinement. On November 21, 1967, the Governor of Mississippi issued his request to the Governor of the State of Colorado that petitioner be extradited to Mississippi. The Acting Governor of the State of Colorado thereupon issued a warrant for...

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