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P. R. v. DISTRICT COURT FOR COUNTY OF DENVER

No. 81SA390.

637 P.2d 346 (1981)

In re the Matter of P. R., A Grand Jury Witness, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT In and For the COUNTY OF DENVER, State of Colorado, and the Honorable Harold D. Reed, one of the Judges Thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 23, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Gregory Walta, State Public Defender, David G. Manter, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for petitioner P. R., a Grand Jury Witness.

White & Steele, P. C., Michael W. Anderson, Denver, for amicus curiae The Denver Post, Inc.

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Mary J. Mullarkey, Sol. Gen., Mark C. Pautler, Robert M. Brown, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondents.

QUINN, Justice.

P. R., a grand jury witness, filed this original proceeding in the nature of prohibition seeking to prohibit the respondent court from closing to the public the evidentiary phase of a contempt hearing based on her refusal to testify before a statutory grand jury. We issued a rule to show cause why the relief requested should not be granted. The Denver Post, Inc., was granted leave to enter the case as amicus curiae because of its First Amendment...

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