McKNIGHT v. RIVELAND

No. 85CA0861.

728 P.2d 1297 (1986)

Shane Lewis McKNIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Chase RIVELAND, Executive Director of Colorado Department of Corrections, Colorado State Board of Parole, Chris Wilkerson, Chairman, Defendants-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

October 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shane Lewis McKnight, pro se.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen. and Marleen Langfield, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for defendants-appellees.


PIERCE, Judge.

Plaintiff, Shane Lewis McKnight, sought relief pursuant to C.R.C.P. 106 in the nature of mandamus and/or prohibition. The trial court dismissed the complaint on a review of the pleadings, and plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

Plaintiff was convicted of first degree murder in 1975 and was sentenced to death. He was later resentenced to life imprisonment. In 1978, he was convicted of escape and sentenced to five to eight years consecutive to the life...

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