PEOPLE v. QUINTERO

No. 28064.

586 P.2d 48 (1978)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ernest QUINTERO, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis A. Lopez, Dist. Atty., James E. Klodzinski, Asst. Dist. Atty., Trinidad, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Craig L. Truman, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Paula K. Miller, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellee.


PRINGLE, Justice.

The People, represented by the District Attorney for the Third Judicial District, appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing an information on the grounds that a former prosecution in municipal court in which the Appellee was found guilty barred a second prosecution in the district court. Specifically, the district attorney contends that the municipal court had no jurisdiction of the offense upon which the Appellee was found guilty....

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