VELA v. DIST. COURT IN & FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY

No. 82SA444.

664 P.2d 243 (1983)

David F. VELA, Colorado State Public Defender, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT In and For the COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, and the Honorable Charles A. Friedman, One of the Judges Thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, pro se.

Terri Brake, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for petitioner.

Charles A. Friedman, pro se.

Ray L. Weaver, Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Littleton, for amicus curiae, Dist. Atty. of the Eighteenth Judicial Dist.

Robert T. Hinds, Timothy B. Walker, Littleton, for amicus curiae Colorado Trial Lawyers Ass'n.


ROVIRA, Justice.

In this original proceeding pursuant to C.A.R. 21, the Colorado State Public Defender (petitioner) seeks relief in the nature of mandamus and prohibition to require that the respondent court grant his motion to withdraw from the representation of a defendant in a contempt proceeding. We issued a rule to show cause, and we now make the rule absolute.

The petitioner was appointed by respondent to be counsel for Walter Harris, the defendant in...

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