Richie v. Tinsley

We will refer to plaintiff in error as Richie, to defendant in error as respondent, and to Colorado State Board of Parole as Board of Parole.

Richie filed a petition for habeas corpus in the district court of Fremont county, Colorado, alleging that he is unlawfully imprisoned by respondent in the Colorado State Penitentiary. He claimed that he had not been sentenced to the penitentiary by any competent court of law; that he was brought to the penitentiary by agents of the Board of Parole although he was not on parole due to the fact that his “Parole Contract” had expired. It was his contention…