Pigg v. Tinsley

James Carlos Pigg, to whom we will refer as the petitioner, is here on writ of error to review a judgment by which the trial court denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In so doing, the trial court stated that the petition on its face showed that the petitioner was not entitled to be discharged from custody.

The petitioner was accused of first degree murder and upon the trial thereof was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Pursuant to statute he was committed to the Colorado State Hospital at Pueblo. On March 11, 1963, he filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in which it…