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PEOPLE v. GERMANY

Nos. 81SA559, 82SA189, 82SA240, 82SA260 and 82SA526.

674 P.2d 345 (1983)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edward Berlin GERMANY, Defendant-Appellee. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James A. CHILDS, Defendant-Appellee. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Megual Mariano TRUJILLO, Defendant-Appellee. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard A. DURAN, Defendant-Appellee. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dennis BANG, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 15, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman S. Early, Jr., Dist. Atty., O. Otto Moore, Asst. Dist. Atty., William P. Buckley, Chief Deputy District Atty., Brooke Wunnicke, Chief Appellate Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, for plaintiff-appellant in Nos. 81SA559 and 82SA189.

Terrance Farina, Dist. Atty., William Henry Kain, Deputy Dist. Atty., Grand Junction, for plaintiff-appellant in No. 82SA240.

Dennis E. Faulk, Dist. Atty., Steven B. Rich, Roger Larsen, Deputy Dist. Attys., Canon City, for plaintiff-appellant in No. 82SA260.

Dennis E. Faulk, Dist. Atty., Steven B. Rich, Deputy Dist. Atty., Fairplay, for plaintiff-appellant in No. 82SA526.

Burns & Sims, P.C., Steven O. Sims, Breckenridge, J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Barbara S. Blackman, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellee in No. 82SA526.

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Barbara S. Blackman, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendants-appellees in Nos. 81SA559, 82SA189, 82SA240 and 82SA260.

Allen, Foreman & Mueller, Norman R. Mueller, Denver, for amicus curiae Colorado Criminal Defense Bar.

QUINN, Justice.

In these consolidated appeals the People challenge various district court rulings declaring unconstitutional section 16-5-402, C.R.S.1973 (1982 Supp.), which, subject to narrow exceptions, creates an absolute time bar to collateral attacks by defendants on criminal convictions. We hold that section 16-5-402 violates due process of law under the United States and Colorado Constitutions and accordingly affirm the rulings.

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