DueProcess FifthAmendment HabeasCorpus CriminalProcedure Immigration
Whether this Court's power to issue a writ of habeas corpus should be exercised when a state prisoner is confined by a court without jurisdiction and is serving a sentence for crimes not included in the indictment due to fabricated evidence and repeated constitutional violations
I. WHETHER THIS COURT’S POWER TO ISSUE A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN A STATE PRISONER IS CONFINED BY A COURT WITHOUT JURISDICTION AND IS SERVING A SENTENCE FOR CRIMES NOT INCLUDED IN THE INDICTMENT DUE TO FABRICATED EVIDENCE AND REPEATED CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS. ii PARTIES INVOLVED The Petitioner is a prisoner from the State of Colorado, serving an effective life sentence from convictions arising out of Colorado state court. Respondent is Jeff Long, Warden for Sterling Correctional and Philip Weiser, Colorado Attorney General. iii LIST OF PROCEEDINGS DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT 04CR706 PEOPLE V. VREELAND Jury verdict entered: December 11, 2006. Habitual-criminal findings entered: June 12, 2008. Judgment of conviction and sentence imposed: October 22, 2008. Amended sentencing order entered nun pro tunc: June 5, 2025. DENVER COUNTY DISTRICT COURT 24CV30621 VREELAND V. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Habeas Corpus Petition Dismissed on February 27, 2025. COLORADO COURT OF APPEALS NO. 08CA2468 PEOPLE V. VREELAND Notice of appeal filed: December 1, 2008. Judgment affirmed: February 14, 2013. Not published pursuant to C.A.R. 35(f). COLORADO SUPREME COURT No. 2013SC194 VREELAND V. PEOPLE Petition for writ of certiorari denied: January 27, 2014. No. 25SC147 VREELAND V. PEOPLE Petition for writ of certiorari denied: May 12, 2025. VREELAND V. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS No.25SA77 Dismissal affirmed November 6, 2025. iv U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN COLORADO 14CV-02175-P AB VREELAND V. ZUPAN Denied on December 20, 2016 VREELAND V. LONG Dismissed without Prejudice December 30, 2025. UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT No. 16-1503 VREELAND V. ZUPAN Reported as Vreeland v. Zupan , 906 F.3d 866 (10th Cir. 2018). Judgment affirmed: October 9, 2018 UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT Vreeland v. Zupan , 587 U.S. 954, 139 S. Ct. 1586 (2019) Petition for Writ of Certiorari Denied on April 15, 2019 COLORADO COURT OF APPEALS No. 17CA1648 PEOPLE V. VREELAND Judgment affirmed: August 27, 2020. Not published pursuant to C.A.R. 35(e). No. 22CA1704 PEOPLE V. VREELAND Opinion issued: Affirmed denial of Postconviction relief, October 16, 2025.