Denbow v. District Court ex rel. Twenty-First Judicial District

DUBOFSKY, Justice.

In this original proceeding, we issued a rule to show cause why the respondent district court’s order denying petitioner Lee Denbow’s motion to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis, for a free transcript of habeas corpus proceedings and for appointment of appellate counsel should not be vacated. We now make the rule absolute.

Denbow was arrested in Mesa County, Colorado, on September 29, 1981, and held for extradition to Florida. The respondent district court denied Denbow’s subsequent petition for a writ of habeas corpus and Denbow filed a timely notice of appeal. Thereafter,…