Legal Opinion
Abel v. Tinsley
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided July 9, 1962No. Civ. A. 7467PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHILSON, District Judge.
In 1947 the petitioners were found guilty by a jury in the District Court of Gunnison County, Colorado of the crimes of robbery (count 1), kidnapping accompanied by bodily harm (count 2), and kidnapping for extortion (count 3).
The petitioners are now confined in the Colorado State Penitentiary under sentences imposed upon their convictions.
Upon application by petitioners, this court permitted petitioners to file herein, in forma pauperis, their petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and appointed counsel, Walter L. Gerash, to represent them.
The petitioners allege they…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Frank v. MangumSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Roosevelt Mitchell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Amos Black v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
- Odell v. HudspethCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Frank Abel and John G. Grimes v. Harry C. Tinsley, Warden, Colorado State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964
- Torres v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1966
- In re SteckerDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1966
- Melton v. PattersonDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1970
- Abel v. TinsleyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
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