PEOPLE v. NEWTON

No. 87SA116.

764 P.2d 1182 (1988)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James Oliver NEWTON, Jr., a/k/a John Miller, a/k/a Gregory Islamoff, a/k/a Robert Smith, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Smith, Dist. Atty., Michael J. Milne, Deputy Dist. Atty., Brighton, for plaintiff-appellant.

David F. Vela, State Public Defender, Daniel W. Edwards, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellee.


QUINN, Chief Justice.

The People appeal from a district court judgment which dismissed three felony charges against the defendant, James Oliver Newton, Jr., pursuant to the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD), § 24-60-501, 10B C.R.S. (1988).1 The district court ruled that Newton had not been brought to trial within 180 days after he made a formal request for final disposition of the one charge on which a detainer had been filed...

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