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PEOPLE v. ELLIS

No. 26333.

540 P.2d 1082 (1975)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard A. ELLIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

September 29, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Moore, Atty. Gen., John E. Bush, Deputy Atty. Gen., James S. Russell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Rollie R. Rogers, Colorado State Public Defender, James F. Dumas, Jr. Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Kenneth Dresner, Carol L. Gerstl, Deputy State Public Defenders, Pueblo, for defendant-appellant.

ERICKSON, Justice.

This appeal was prosecuted after Judge Matt J. Kikel sentenced the defendant to thirty days in jail for contempt. We reverse and dismiss.

After charges of burglary in the second degree and conspiracy to commit burglary in the second degree were filed, arraignment was delayed until the defendant was released from the Colorado State Hospital. When the defendant was arraigned, the information was read to him by the clerk. Following the reading...

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