Specht v. Tinsley

In his petition for a writ of habeas corpus "Specht alleged that he was being “illegally and unlawfully detained by respondent [Tinsley] at the Colorado State Penitentiary ... in violation of his rights pursuant to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Colorado” and sought issuance of the writ on the following grounds:

1. That though convicted of the crime of indecent liberties as defined in C.R.S. ’53, 40-2-32, he was thereafter improperly and unlawfully sentenced under C.R.S. ’53, 39-19-1, et seq., to a term of not less than' one ‘day or more than life in the state…