Theodore C. Ruark v. Harry C. Tinsley, Warden

Appellant is presently confined in the Colorado State Penitentiary pursuant to a judgment of conviction and sentence imposed thereupon by the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado. He seeks release from custody by a writ of habeas corpus.

The record shows that after conviction and sentence, Ruark requested that counsel be appointed for him to perfect an appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court and that such request was denied. He then perfected his appeal pro se and the conviction was affirmed. 1 The United States Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari. 2 Thereafter, appellant petitioned…