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WRIGHT v. DIST. CT. OF SECOND JUD. DIST., ETC.

No. 27519.

561 P.2d 15 (1977)

William Early WRIGHT, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT COURT OF the SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR the CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, and Mitchel B. Johns, District Judge in and for the City and County of Denver in the Second Judicial District of the State of Colorado, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 14, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Overton, Dittemore & Nutt, P.C., John H. Brown, Englewood, for petitioner.

Burton L. Cawthorne, Denver, for respondents.

PRINGLE, Justice.

This is an original proceeding brought by petitioner William Wright challenging the order of the respondent district court sentencing him to a term of imprisonment for contempt of court. He seeks a writ of prohibition asserting that the district court exceeded its jurisdiction by conducting the contempt proceedings without complying with C.R.C.P. 107 or due process. We stayed the proceedings and issued a rule to show cause why the district court...

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