Valentine v. Tinsley

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as peti tioner, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the District Court of El Paso County, “specifically” addressed to Hon. Austin Hoyt, one of three judges of that district. The writ having been denied he is here on writ of error. It definitely appears from the record and briefs that this is the third time petitioner has sought relief by way of habeas corpus from a sentence imposed after his conviction of the crime of aggravated robbery.

The burden of petitioner’s argument is that he was entitled to a hearing to determine certain facts…