Sellers v. Baker

New Mexico Supreme Court
Sellers v. Baker, 80 N.M. 34 (N.M. 1969)
450 P.2d 634
Carmody, Compton, Moise, Noble, Tackett

Sellers v. Baker

Opinion of the Court

This cause coming on for hearing upon the Writ of Habeas Corpus heretofore issued by this Court, the Petitioner John Lee Sellers being present and represented by Joseph A. Roberts, an attorney appointed to represent him, and J. E. Baker, Warden qf the State Penitentiary, being represented by Hon. Carl B. Dunifon, and Hon. Larry N. Smith, Assistant Attorneys General, and'the Court having considered the evidence and heard arguments of counsel, and it appearing to the Court that the Writ of Habeas Corpus should be discharged as improvidently issued under the applicable rules as announced in Ex Parte Dalton, 56 N.M. 407, 244 P.2d 790; State v. Currier, 86 Ariz. 394, 347 P.2d 29; and Ex Parte Powers (Tex.Cr.App.), 391 S.W.2d 413.

Therefore ordered that the Writ of Habeas Corpus heretofore issued in the above entitled cause be and the same is hereby discharged as improvidently issued.

Reference

Full Case Name
John Lee SELLERS v. J. E. BAKER, Warden of the New Mexico State Penitentiary
Status
Published