MORRIS v. NELSON

No. 82SA13.

659 P.2d 1386 (1983)

Freddie Lee MORRIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ed NELSON, Sheriff of Arapahoe County, State of Colorado, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Philip A. Cherner, Deputy State Public Defender, Littleton, for petitionerappellant.

J.D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Deputy Atty. Gen., Joel W. Cantrick, Sol. Gen., Patricia A. Wallace, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondent-appellee.


DUBOFSKY, Justice.

The petitioner-appellant, Freddie Lee Morris, appeals the Arapahoe County district court's discharge of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court discharged the writ because all of the documents construed together substantially charged the petitioner with committing the crime of abandonment for failing to pay child support for his daughter in Wisconsin. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the extradition documents did not properly...

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