BURTON v. JOHNSON

Nos. 90-2016, 90-2019.

948 F.2d 1150 (1991)

Shirley BURTON, Petitioner-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Sharon JOHNSON, Respondent-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 1, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Rennick, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Hal Stratton, Atty. Gen., with him, on the brief), Santa Fe, N.M., for respondent-appellant, cross-appellee.

Tova Indritz, Federal Public Defender, Albuquerque, N.M., for petitioner-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before McKAY, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, and BROWN, Senior District Judge.


WESLEY E. BROWN, Senior District Judge.*

Appellant Sharon Johnson, Warden for the State of New Mexico, appeals the order of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, granting Shirley Burton's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Mrs. Burton cross-appeals from the order insofar as it denied some of the claims for relief contained in her federal petition.

Shirley Burton admitted that in the early hours of...

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