Legal Opinion
Vernon Sides v. Harry C. Tinsley, Warden, Colorado State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1964No. 7703PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner is presently serving a sentence of life imprisonment imposed upon him by the State of Colorado after a conviction for murder in the first degree. He appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The single issue is whether Colorado has denied petitioner a federal constitutional right by twice denying to him a free transcript of the state trial proceedings. Petitioner is an indigent.
In the instant action petitioner alleges that he was shot before arrest and the “ * * *…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- United States Ex Rel. Almeida v. BaldiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
- United States of America Ex Rel. Oliver S. Smith v. J. Vernal Jackson, Warden of Clinton PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- United States of America Ex Rel. Charles Westbrook v. Ross v. Randolph, Warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary, Menard, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1958
- Troy Lee Prince v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Joseph Marcel Voneiselein v. J. C. Taylor, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
- Martinez v. TinsleyDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1965
- Theodore C. Ruark and Charles W. Ferguson v. Harry C. Tinsley, Warden of the Colorado State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965