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PEOPLE v. LENT

No. 26295.

529 P.2d 1317 (1975)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steven LENT, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

January 6, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Moore, Atty. Gen., John E. Bush, Deputy Atty. Gen., Donna A. Maranchik, Thomas J. Tomazin, Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Epstein, Lozow & Preblud, Gary Lozow, Denver, for defendant-appellant.

KELLEY, Justice.

Appellant Lent filed a habeas corpus proceeding in Denver District Court to avoid extradition to the state of Idaho. He is charged there with the crime of escape, a felony. He is charged in Colorado with being a fugitive from the state of Idaho, under C.R.S.1963, 60-1-13.

The caption of this case is misleading because the petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed in the extradition proceeding. Habeas corpus is an independent civil proceeding...

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