WHITELEY v. MEACHAM

No. 39-69.

416 F.2d 36 (1969)

Harold WHITELEY, Appellant, v. Leonard MEACHAM, Warden, Wyoming State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

September 30, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Knudsen, Jr., Laramie, Wyo., for appellant.

Jack Speight, Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, Wyo. (James E. Barrett, Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, Wyo., with him on the brief) for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, LEWIS and HICKEY, Circuit Judges.


HICKEY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Whiteley sought a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 against the State of Wyoming charging it had unconstitutionally incarcerated him. At the time of oral argument the court permitted the substitution of Leonard A. Meacham, Warden of the State Penitentiary for the State of Wyoming as the proper respondent appellee.

The trial court determined the issues presented on an original and amended petition and...

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