Legal Opinion
Medberry v. Patterson
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided April 14, 1959No. Civ. A. No. 6303PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARRAJ, District Judge.
This matter having come on to be heard before the Court on the 16th day of March, 1959, involves the petition of Ellsworth Medberry for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that his detention in the Colorado State Reformatory1 is unlawful in that after a trial on a charge of first degree murder and conviction of life imprisonment petitioner’s rights under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amend*722ment to the United States Constitution were violated because he was denied an adequate appellate review and adequate legal representation. For reasons…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Eskridge v. Washington State Board of Prison Terms & ParolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Wayne K. Patterson, Warden of the Colorado State Reformatory, and Harry C. Tinsley, Warden of the Colorado State Penitentiary v. Ellsworth MedberryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1961
- Medberry v. PattersonDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1960
- Coy Litchfield v. Harry C. Tinsley, Warden of the Colorado State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1960
- Bizup v. TinsleyDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1962