Legal Opinion
Velarde v. Zavaras
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 8, 1998No. 97SA331PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
The petitioner in this habeas corpus proceeding, Eugene Velarde, pro se, asserts that the Colorado habitual criminal statutory scheme is an unconstitutional bill of attainder. The district court denied Velarde’s petition for writ of habeas corpus without holding a hearing. We affirm the judgment of the district court.
I
On April 9, 1993, Velarde was convicted of the unlawful distribution of a Schedule 1 controlled substance, see §§ 18-18-203, -405, 8B C.R.S. (1992 Supp.), and conspiracy, see §§ 18-18-203, -405, 8B C.R.S. (1992 Supp.). These offenses occurred on December 9, 1992. He was also…
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