STEPHENSON v. DISTRICT COURT EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

No. 81 SA 196.

629 P.2d 1078 (1981)

Kenneth L. STEPHENSON, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT In and For the EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT of the State of Colorado, and the Honorable John-David Sullivan, one of the Judges thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Thomas J. Herd, Steven R. Gayle, Deputy State Public Defenders, Fort Collins, for petitioner.

Stuart A. VanMeveren, Dist. Atty., Loren B. Schall, Asst. Dist. Atty., Stephen J. Roy, Deputy Dist. Atty., Fort Collins, for respondents.


DUBOFSKY, Justice.

In this original proceeding, the petitioner Kenneth L. Stephenson requests a writ in the nature of prohibition and mandamus restraining the respondent district court from revoking the petitioner's personal recognizance bond. We issued a rule to show cause, and now make that rule absolute.

On October 30, 1980, the day after his arrest, the petitioner appeared in custody before a judge of the county court.1 The...

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