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GARRETT v. KNIGHT

No. 24397.

480 P.2d 569 (1971)

Spencer C. GARRETT, Chief, Aurora Police Department, R. A. Christoffersen, D. L. Reeths, Charles Alumbaugh, Patrolmen, Aurora Police Department, James T. Ayers, Judge, Aurora Municipal Court, and Guy Van Cleve, Sheriff, Adams County, Plaintiffs in Error, v. William Z. KNIGHT, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leland M. Coulter, City Atty., John L. Springer, Asst. City Atty., Aurora, for plaintiffs in error.

Morgan Smith, Public Defender, Adams County, Thomas M. Van Cleave, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant in error.

LEE, Justice.

Error is charged to the District Court of Adams County in releasing defendant in error from custody of the sheriff of Adams County pursuant to habeas corpus proceedings.

Defendant in error, William Z. Knight, a 14-year-old, on April 8, 1969, was charged in the Municipal Court of the City of Aurora with five traffic violations. To the lesser charges he pled guilty. To the more serious charge of reckless driving, however, he pled not guilty. After...

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