CHAMBERS v. DISTRICT COURT IN & FOR CTY. OF ARAPAHOE

No. 25690.

504 P.2d 340 (1972)

John Howard CHAMBERS, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE and the Honorable Robert F. Kelley, one of the Judges Thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

December 18, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rollie R. Rogers, Colorado State Public Defender, J. D. MacFarlane, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, John E. Myles, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for petitioner.

Robert R. Gallagher, Jr., Dist. Atty., James C. Sell, Deputy Dist. Atty., Littleton, for respondents.


DAY, Justice.

This is an original proceeding wherein petitioner Chambers seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent his being tried in Arapahoe County District Court on criminal charges pending therein. Chambers filed a motion in the lower court requesting dismissal of a robbery charge on which he was about to be tried. He claims that the court has no jurisdiction to proceed against him since he was not brought to trial as specified...

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