Cruz v. People

Raul Leopoldo Cruz was convicted in 1959 of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery, and was sentenced to the state penitentiary. Thereafter, he brought writ of error, pro se, to this Court. On February 6, 1962, the judgment was affirmed in Cruz v. People, 149 Colo. 187, 368 P.2d 774.

*212In February of 1965, Cruz filed a petition for habeas corpus, contending that he had been denied counsel on appeal. In accordance with our practice since Ruark v. Colorado, 378 U.S. 585, 84 S.Ct. 1935, 12 L.Ed.2d 1042, we denied the petition for habeas corpus, but ordered the trial court in the main case to…