ABAD v. RICKETTS

No. 81SA28.

645 P.2d 848 (1982)

Carlos ABAD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James G. RICKETTS, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Gregory Walta, Colo. State Public Defender, Ilene P. Buchalter, Charles F. Kaiser, Deputy State Public Defenders, Denver, O. Edward Schlatter, Deputy State Public Defender, Salida, for petitioner-appellant.

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary J. Mullarkey, Sol. Gen., Mary E. Ricketson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondent-appellee.


HODGES, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Carlos Abad, challenges the judgment of the trial court which denied his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Because New Mexico's Request for Temporary Custody of the appellant pursuant to the Interstate Agreement on Detainers is valid, we affirm the judgment.

The appellant was sentenced on September 4, 1979, to a term at the Colorado State Penitentiary after having pled guilty to second-degree burglary and first-degree...

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