OTANI v. DISTRICT COURT

No. 83SA32.

662 P.2d 1088 (1983)

Anthony Robert OTANI, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT In and For the TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, and James J. Carter, One of the Judges Thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

May 2, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Harvey M. Palefsky, Deputy State Public Defender, Grand Junction, for petitioner.

No appearance for respondents.


DUBOFSKY, Justice.

In this original proceeding under C.A.R. 21, we issued a rule to show cause why the order of the respondent Mesa County district court denying the petitioner's motion to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis should not be vacated. We now make the rule absolute.

The petitioner, Anthony Otani, was convicted of second-degree burglary on April 26, 1982, and placed on probation. On June 24, Otani filed a notice of appeal and motion to proceed...

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