Martin v. District Court
Martin v. District Court
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court:
An information was filed in the district court of Ouray county charging the respondent Yaughn with the commission of the crime of robbery on the 27th of May, 1899. In the following November he was convicted thereof and sentenced to the state penitentiary for a term of not less than fourteen nor more than twenty-one years. Thereafter, and in July, 1902, the respondent, as petitioner, applied for and obtained a writ of habeas corpus in the district court of the second judicial district, and upon hearing was discharged from custody. To that judgment the warden, as respondent below, has sued out a writ of error.
Writ granted.
Chief Justice Gabbert and Mr. Justice Steele concur.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Martin, Warden v. The District Court of the Second Judicial District and John I. Mullins, One of the Judges
- Status
- Published