HACKETT v. TINSLEY

No. 19301.

352 P.2d 799 (1960)

Leland L. HACKETT, Plaintiff in Error, v. Harry C. TINSLEY, Warden, Colorado State Penitentiary, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leland L. Hackett, pro se.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., J. F. Brauer, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.


KNAUSS, Justice.

Plaintiff in error was petitioner in the trial court, where he sought a writ of habeas corpus and his release from the State Penitentiary. The record submitted does not include a transcript of the original proceedings, we must therefore resort to, and accept, the findings of the trial court as establishing the pertinent facts. From such findings it appears that petitioner was charged with the substantive crime of burglary and that he had on two previous...

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