MASSEY v. PEOPLE

No. 80SA434.

656 P.2d 658 (1982)

Wesley MASSEY, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, and William Wilson, Superintendent, Colorado State Penitentiary, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearings January 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Michael Heher, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for petitioner.

J.D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary J. Mullarkey, Sol. Gen., Clement P. Engle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Litigation Section, Denver, for respondents.


DUBOFSKY, Justice.

The petitioner, Wesley Massey, appeals an order by the district court of Fremont County discharging a writ of habeas corpus. Massey, an inmate at the Colorado State Penitentiary, sought the writ to challenge a request for temporary custody under Article IV of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers, section 24-60-501, C.R.S.1973. We affirm the district court judgment.

A Nebraska arrest warrant issued on May 24, 1977 charged Massey with first...

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