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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
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FILED 

United StttoJ CDun ()/ Appeals 

Tenth Cb:ui: 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

FEB l l 1991 

&OBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

BARNEY TRUJILLO, ) 

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Petitioner-Appellant, ) 

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v. ) 

) 

H.B. JOHNSON and WARREN T. DIESSLIN, ) 

) 

Respondents-Appellees. ) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

No. 90-1228 

(D.C. No. 88-F-1853) 

(D. Colorado) 

Before LOGAN, MOORE, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. 

Barney Trujillo filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus 

with the district court, alleging that a Colorado state court 

improperly used two prior convictions obtained in violation of 

Trujillo's constitutional rights under a habitual criminal statute 

to enhance his sixteen-year sentence for convictions on 1985 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall not 

be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, except 

for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of the case, 

res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

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charges of first degree robbery and assault. A magistrate · 

reviewed Trujillo's petition and recommended to the district court 

that it be denied and the case dismissed. The district court 

adopted the magistrate's recommendations and dismissed Trujillo's 

action with prejudice. On a motion to vacate, the district court 

affirmed its earlier dismissal. 

We have examined the record and agree with the district court 

that Trujillo's petition should be denied and his case dismissed. 

The record shows that as to the convictions now under challenge 

Trujillo was not convicted under Colorado's habitual criminal 

statute, and his custody is not affected by his 1975 convictions. 

The prosecution charged Trujillo as an habitual criminal, but the 

trial court dismissed those: charges after the jury had been sworn 

on the ground that his pleas of guilty to the 1975 crimes were not 

knowing and voluntary. Although the Colorado Supreme Court 

reversed the state trial court's conclusions, the prosecution 

could not proceed on the habitual criminal counts because double 

jeopardy had attached. People v. Trujillo, 731 P.2d 649, 650 n.l 

(Colo. 1986). Therefore, contrary to Trujillo's contention, he is 

not in custody because of his 1975 convictions. Accordingly, 

because Trujillo has presented no colorable federal claim, we deny 

issuance of a certificate of probable cause under 28 u.s.c. 

S 2253, and we AFFIRM the district court's dismissal. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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Entered for the Court 

James K. Logan 

Circuit Judge 

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