PEOPLE v. DISTRICT COURT

No. 88SA287.

767 P.2d 1208 (1989)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT COURT In and For the FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colorado, and the Honorable Winston W. Wolvington, One of the Judges Thereof, Respondents, and Milton L. Born-With-A-Tooth, Defendant-Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

January 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Mielke, Dist. Atty., Donna Skinner Reed, Sr. Deputy Dist. Atty., Golden, for petitioner.

No appearance for respondents.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Victoria J. Koury, Deputy State Public Defender, Golden, for defendant-intervenor.


VOLLACK, Justice.

The People filed this petition pursuant to C.A.R. 21, seeking relief in the nature of mandamus and a writ of prohibition against the respondent, Jefferson County District Court. The judge ordered the prosecution to reveal the identity of the confidential informant and ruled that if the prosecution failed to do so, the criminal charges against the defendant would be dismissed. The charges of second degree murder and felony child abuse resulting in...

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