Bartell v. People

John C. Bartell, an inmate of the penitentiary at Canon City, Colorado, appearing pro se, filed with the district court of Pueblo county what he labeled a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. The trial court denied the petition and Bartell seeking review brings the case here by writ of error.

From the statements contained in said petition and the photostatic copies of court records appended thereto, it appears that on January 20, 1956, Bartell entered a plea of guilty to a charge of robbery, in the district court of Pueblo county. The court sentenced him to a term of not less that four or…