Titmus v. Tinsley

Plaintiff in error, to whom we will refer by name, is here by writ of error to review proceedings in the district court of Weld county which he contends amounted to an erroneous denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Titmus was charged by information filed in cause number 5628 in the district court of Weld county with the crime of statutory rape. At his request counsel was appointed to defend him and he thereafter entered a plea of guilty to the crime charged. His application for probation was denied and he was sentenced by the court to imprisonment in the Colorado state…