COCA v. DISTRICT COURT OF THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT

No. 26918.

541 P.2d 892 (1975)

John COCA, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT OF the THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT and Dean C. Mabry, one of the Judges thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

October 27, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Zimmerman, Denver, for petitioner.

R. Gregory Haller, Chief Trial Deputy, Dist. Atty., Third Judicial District, Trinidad, for respondents.


LEE, Justice.

This is an original proceeding. On July 17, 1975, we issued a rule to show cause why jurisdiction of the mental health proceeding involved herein should not be transferred from respondent district court to the probate court of the city and county of Denver, pursuant to section 27-9-111, C.R.S.1973. We make the rule absolute.

The petitioner, John Coca, was originally adjudicated incompetent in the Las Animas county court. Jurisdiction of the proceeding...

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