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RYAN v. CRONIN

No. 27201.

553 P.2d 754 (1976)

Gerold R. RYAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dan CRONIN, Manager of Safety and Excise and Ex-Officio Sheriff of the City and County of Denver, and Wayne K. Patterson, Warden of the Jail of the City and County of Denver, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

August 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance for plaintiff-appellee.

Max P. Zall, City Atty., Gerald Himelgrin, Asst. City Atty., Denver, for defendants-appellants.

ERICKSON, Justice.

This appeal was taken after the district court made a writ of habeas corpus absolute. Review of a ruling on a writ of habeas corpus lies in this court. Section 13-4-102(1) (c), C.R.S.1973.

The question which is before us is whether the writ of habeas corpus may be used in the district court as a means to review a contempt conviction in the county court. We hold that the proper means for review in this case was by appeal and not by habeas...

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