PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 81CA0266.

677 P.2d 383 (1983)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nicholas J. JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

Rehearing Denied October 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Deputy Atty. Gen., Joel W. Cantrick, Sol. Gen., Maureen Phelan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Terri L. Brake, Chief Appellate State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


PIERCE, Judge.

Defendant, Nicholas James Jones, appeals his jury conviction of first degree murder and aggravated robbery. We reverse.

I.

Defendant first contends the trial court erred when it refused to dismiss those charges filed against him on grounds defendant had been denied his right to a speedy trial. We disagree.

Defendant pled not guilty. Thereafter, because of suggestions by Jones counsel, the court ordered that he be examined as...

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