PEOPLE v. ROBERTS

No. 84CA0917.

722 P.2d 443 (1986)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas Jamison ROBERTS, Defendant, and concerning James Dostal, Deputy State Public Defender, Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

Rehearing Denied June 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Pozner & Associates, P.C., Shelley Gilman, Denver, for appellant.

No appearance for plaintiff-appellee.


VAN CISE, Judge.

James Dostal, a licensed attorney, appeals a judgment finding he committed criminal contempt of court during the course of his representation of defendant, Thomas Jamison Roberts. We reverse.

In 1983, an information was filed in Larimer County district court charging defendant Roberts with felony menacing and misdemeanor theft. The trial court found Roberts incompetent to proceed and committed him to the Colorado State Hospital. Later, the...

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