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BRESNAHAN v. PATTERSON

Civ. A. No. C-3671.

352 F.Supp. 1180 (1973)

William James BRESNAHAN, Jr., Petitioner, v. Wayne K. PATTERSON, Warden, Respondent.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

January 8, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Wood, Donald P. MacDonald, John L. Kane, Jr., Dale Tooley, Denver, Colo., for petitioner.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Atty. Gen., Richard G. McManus, Jr., and David A. Sorenson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, Colo., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WINNER, Judge.

On January 5, 1965, when 16 years old, Bresnahan pleaded guilty to the murder of his mother and father on August 3, 1964, and he was sentenced to two concurrent life sentences. By petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed by his guardian ad litem, he seeks release from confinement in the Colorado State Penitentiary. He asserts that his pleas were constitutionally infirm because:

(a) The pleas were involuntary...

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