PATTERSON v. MEDBERRY

No. 263.

368 U.S. 839 (1961)

PATTERSON, WARDEN, ET AL. v. MEDBERRY.

Supreme Court of United States.

October 9, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duke W. Dunbar, Attorney General of Colorado, Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Attorney General, and J.F. Brauer, Assistant Attorney General, for petitioners.


The respondent's motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied.

Memorandum of MR. JUSTICE HARLAN.

The denial of certiorari in this federal habeas corpus proceeding, which involves the conditional release of a state prisoner from a life sentence imposed upon him more than twenty-one years ago, justifies a brief comment. The action taken...

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