HOLDER v. RICKETTS

No. 81SA492.

650 P.2d 544 (1982)

Thomas Elton HOLDER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James C. RICKETTS, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied September 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Elton Holder, petitioner-appellant, pro se.

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Deputy Atty. Gen., Joel W. Cantrick, Sol. Gen., Maureen Phelan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondents-appellees.


QUINN, Justice.

Thomas Elton Holder appeals from a judgment denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in which he sought release from a 1978 sentence to the Colorado State Penitentiary. Because the sentence is ambiguous and the record does not adequately permit us to determine whether Holder's present confinement is consistent with the terms of that sentence, we reverse the judgment and remand for further proceedings.

On October 23, 1978, the District...

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