DENVER COUNTY COURT v. LEE

No. 22848.

439 P.2d 737 (1968)

The DENVER COUNTY COURT, the Honorable William H. Burnett, County Judge Presiding, and the Honorable John F. Sanchez, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Robert Harrison LEE, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 22, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. McKevitt, Dist. Atty., Gregory A. Mueller, Asst. Dist. Atty., Douglas M. Kerr, Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, for plaintiffs in error.

Edward H. Sherman, Public Defender, David G. Manter, Asst. Public Defender, Denver, for defendant in error.


PRINGLE, Justice.

This writ of error presents for our consideration one question only, namely: Does the Superior Court of the City and County of Denver have jurisdiction to issue a remedial writ to prohibit proceedings in an action brought in the County Court of the City and County of Denver? Our answer is in the negative.

The Superior Court of the City and County of Denver is purely a creature of the statute, C.R.S.1953, Chapter 37, as amended. The legislature...

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