Legal Opinion
Sylvester Lee Garrison v. Wayne Patterson, Warden, Colorado State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 10, 1969No. 10163_1PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HICKEY, Circuit Judge.
On November 27, 1959, a Colorado trial court convicted appellant, Sylvester Lee Garrison, of murder. The death penalty was imposed. On July 31, 1961, the Supreme Court of Colorado affirmed the conviction. 1 The Colorado courts-have conducted two hearings to determine whether appellant has become insane since his conviction. 2
On May 10, 1967, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. It alleged as grounds for relief inept, incompetent, and inadequate representation of appointed trial counsel; the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Pinto v. PierceSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by18 opinions
- James v. CopingerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- Max M. Johnson v. John W. Turner, Warden, Utah State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- State v. TylerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1970
- John Hizel, Jr. v. Maurice H. Sigler, Warden of Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1970
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