Williams v. Patterson

Plaintiff in error Woodrow Price Williams filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the trial court alleging that his parole had been revoked after he had *260been held in jail under orders of the Colorado State Board of Parole beyond the fifteen day limitation permitted by C.R.S. 1963, 39-17-4. The trial court appointed counsel and issued the writ.

Upon hearing, it was stipulated that the parole board had revoked William’s parole twenty-one days after his arrest, and that the revocation was completed before the application for writ of habeas corpus was filed. The trial court then ordered the…