Stanmore v. People

Willis Levi Stanmore was convicted in 1960 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. The judgment of the trial court was affirmed in an opinion written by Mr. Justice Doyle, Stanmore v. People, 146 Colo. 445, 362 P.2d 1042, Cert. denied. 368 U.S. 993, 82 S.Ct. 611, 7 L.Ed. 2d 529.

In December of 1964, Stanmore petitioned this Court for a writ of habeas corpus, contending that he had been denied right of counsel on appeal. In accordance with our practice since Ruark v. Colorado, 378 U.S.…