PEOPLE v. LUTTRELL

No. 80SA478.

636 P.2d 712 (1981)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Larry F. LUTTRELL, Defendant-Appellee, Howard F. Sauer and Larry F. Luttrell, Defendants-Appellees, David A. Hamilton and Howard F. Sauer, Defendants-Appellees, Howard F. Sauer, David A. Hamilton and Larry F. Luttrell, Defendants-Appellees, Eugene F. Labriola and Larry F. Luttrell, Defendants-Appellees, Joe Williams and Larry F. Luttrell, Defendants-Appellees, Ralph E. Peck and Larry F. Luttrell, Defendants-Appellees, Larry F. Luttrell, Defendant-Appellee, David A. Hamilton and Larry F. Luttrell, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. F. Wendt, Jr., Dist. Atty., Michael Argall, Deputy Dist. Atty., Delta, for plaintiff-appellant.

Traylor, Palo, Cowan & Arnold, Gary R. Cowan, Robert Traylor, Grand Junction, for defendant-appellee Larry F. Luttrell.

Howard F. Sauer, Montrose, pro se.

Durham & Greenacre, Charles R. Greenacre, Montrose, for defendant-appellee David A. Hamilton.

Charles F. Willett, Delta, for defendant-appellee Eugene F. Labriola.

Brooks, Miller & Brooks, John A. Brooks, Montrose, for defendant-appellee Joe Williams.

Brown & Brown, Robert G. Tweedell, Delta, for defendant-appellee Ralph E. Peck.


DUBOFSKY, Justice, delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The People appeal the district court's1 dismissal of nine separate grand jury indictments under section 16-5-204(4)(k), C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8)2. Because the district court improperly resolved disputed issues of fact and law in determining the absence of probable cause, we reverse the court's dismissal of the indictments.

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