PEOPLE v. DISTRICT COURT FOR DENVER

No. 87SA166.

743 P.2d 432 (1987)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT COURT In and For the CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, Colorado, the Honorable John Brooks, One of the Judges Thereof, and Anthony Santistevan, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

October 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman S. Early, Jr., Dist. Atty., Nathan B. Coats, Chief Appellate Deputy Dist. Atty., David J. Dansky, Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, for petitioner.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Neil L. Tillquist, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondents Dist. Court and Honorable John Brooks, One of the Judges Thereof.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Philip A. Cherner, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for respondent Anthony Santistevan.


VOLLACK, Justice.

The People seek relief in the nature of prohibition under C.A.R. 21, to prevent the district court from releasing records of the Denver Department of Social Services [hereinafter DSS] concerning a child named as a victim in the underlying prosecution of the defendant, Anthony Santistevan, for sexual assault on a child. We issued an order to show cause why defense counsel should not be prohibited from examining the records, and now make the rule absolute...

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