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PEOPLE v. LOCKHART

No. 83SA223.

699 P.2d 1332 (1985)

In re The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado v. Steven E. LOCKHART. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colorado; Sheriff of Jefferson County, Colorado, Petitioners-Appellants, v. John J. PERKO, Acting Executive Director of the Colorado State Department of Corrections; Edward Buckingham, Director of Offender Services, Colorado State Department of Corrections; and James H. Brittain, Superintendent, Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility, Respondents-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 28, 1985.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick R. Mahan, Jefferson County Atty., Cile Pace, George D. Theophilos, Asst. Jefferson County Attys., Golden, for petitioners-appellants.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., David R. DeMuro, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Human Resources Section, Richard K. Rediger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Human Resources Section, Denver, for respondents-appellees.

DUBOFSKY, Justice.

The Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County and the Sheriff of Jefferson County (Jefferson County) appeal a Jefferson County District Court dismissal of contempt of court citations issued to officials of the Colorado State Department of Corrections for refusing to accept prisoners committed to the state Department of Corrections by the district court. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

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