VELA v. PEOPLE

No. C-45.

484 P.2d 1204 (1971)

Consuelo Regina VELA et al., Petitioners, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

May 10, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alperstein & Plaut P.C., Frank Plaut, Lakewood, for petitioners.

No appearance for respondent.


ERICKSON, Justice.

Petitioners seek review of an Order of the Weld County District Court affirming their conviction for disturbance under 1965 Perm.Supp., C.R.S.1963, 40-8-1. They contend that the County Court lacked jurisdiction to proceed with the trial of the charges against them, because the state statute under which they were prosecuted and convicted was superseded by applicable ordinances of the home rule city of Greeley.

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