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SHANKS v. DISTRICT COURT

No. 20919.

385 P.2d 990 (1963)

Sam SHANKS, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT OF the COUNTY OF JEFFERSON IN the FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, State of Colorado, and the Honorable Christian D. Stoner, one of the Judges Thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

October 21, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. H. Erickson, Charles F. Brega, Denver, for petitioner.

Ronald J. Hardesty, Dist. Atty., First Judicial Dist., F. Richard Hite, Asst. Dist. Atty., Robert G. Pierce, Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, for respondents.

MOORE, Justice.

This is an original proceeding upon the petition of Sam Shanks in which it is alleged that the "Defendant Court and the Defendant Judge * * * exceeded the jurisdiction of the court and abused the discretion of the court" in refusing to admit him to bail in an action pending in said court.

Shanks was named defendant in an information filed in the district court of Jefferson county, which accused him of the murder of one Robin R. Roberts. Counsel...

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