Martinez v. Patterson

HILL, Circuit Judge.

These are consolidated appeals from orders of the District Court denying separate petitions for Writs of Habeas Corpus. Appellants, prisoners in the Colorado State Penitentiary, generally alleged in their petitions that they were each denied due process and equal protection of the law at their respective parole revocation hearings conducted by the Parole Board of the State of Colorado.

The facts disclose that at unrelated trials each appellant was convicted of a felony and sentenced to a term of imprisonment. After serving part of the imposed sentence each was released on…