MORRIS v. McGOFF

No. 85SA331.

728 P.2d 720 (1986)

John Otis MORRIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mark McGOFF, Superintendent, Fremont Correctional Facility, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

December 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Otis Morris, pro se.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Eric Perryman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondent-appellee.


KIRSHBAUM, Justice.

The appellant, John Otis Morris, appeals the trial court's order denying his habeas corpus petition challenging a request for his temporary removal from Colorado to Texas under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (the Agreement), §§ 24-60-501 to -507, 10 C.R.S. (1973). We affirm.

On September 21, 1982, Morris was arrested in Arapahoe County, Colorado, under the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, §§ 16-19-101 to -133...

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