Thompson v. Ricketts

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

KANE, District Judge.

This is an action for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner pro se Earl V. Thompson is an inmate at the Colorado State Penitentiary as a result of his first-degree assault conviction in the Denver District Court. Petitioner appealed to the Colorado Supreme Court and his conviction was affirmed. The court held that Colorado’s first-degree assault statute is constitutional and that the trial court properly denied certain jury instructions and properly admitted certain impeachment testimony. People v. Thompson, 197 Colo. 299, 592…