SMITH v. BECKMAN

No. 84CA0161.

683 P.2d 1214 (1984)

Thomas A. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The Honorable Alan Robert BECKMAN, County Court Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial District, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 1984.

Certiorari Denied July 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Morgan, Littleton, for plaintiff-appellee.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Nathan B. Coats, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for defendant-appellant.


HODGES*, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court requiring County Judge Alan Robert Beckman to disqualify himself from presiding in the case involving Thomas A. Smith, who is charged with a misdemeanor. We affirm.

In 1982, when Judge Beckman was appointed to the position of Arapahoe County Judge, his wife, Andrea Beckman, was a deputy district attorney in Arapahoe County. Ms. Beckman is currently serving...

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