BELL v. BOWER

No. 79SA90.

606 P.2d 74 (1980)

Melvin BELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ernest D. BOWER, Sheriff of Weld County, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

February 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Bell, pro se.

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., Lynn Ford, Asst. Atty. Gen., Litigation Section, Denver, for respondent-appellee.


LEE, Justice.

Appellant Melvin Bell appeals from the dismissal by the district court of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm the district court.

Appellant was sentenced in federal court in Wyoming for violation of the Mann Act. While confined in the Laramie County Jail in Cheyenne, Wyoming, pending transfer to federal prison, and without the benefit of extradition proceedings, he was removed from the Wyoming jail by U. S. Marshalls and turned...

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