RODRIGUEZ v. DIST. CT., CITY & CTY. OF DENVER

No. 85SA98.

719 P.2d 699 (1986)

Frank D. RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT COURT for the CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER and Honorable Lynne Hufnagel, one of the judges thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing June 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Vela, Public Defender, David G. Eisner, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Robin J. Desmond, Michael J. Heher, Deputy State Public Defenders, Denver, for petitioner.

Norman S. Early, Jr., Dist. Atty., O. Otto Moore, Asst. Dist. Atty., Brooke Wunnicke, Chief Appellate Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, for respondents.

James F. Smith, Dist. Atty., Seventeenth Judicial Dist., Steven L. Bernard, Chief Trial Deputy, Brighton, for amicus curiae Colorado Dist. Attorneys' Council.


KIRSHBAUM, Justice.

The petitioner, Frank D. Rodriguez, has filed this original proceeding challenging orders of the respondent trial judge (the respondent) denying the petitioner's motion for recusal of the respondent and granting a motion by the People to disqualify the office of the public defender from representing the petitioner. The rule is discharged in part, made absolute in part, and the cause is remanded with instructions.

On November 14, 1984, the...

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