DOOLEY v. DISTRICT COURT

No. 90SA521.

811 P.2d 809 (1991)

Stephens DOOLEY and Russell Ray, Deputy State Public Defenders, Petitioners, v. The DISTRICT COURT In and For the SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, and the Honorable Thomas A. Goldsmith, one of the Judges thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Vela, State Public Defender, Thomas R. Williamson, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for petitioners.

Brooks & Brooks, John A. Brooks, Montrose, for respondents.


Justice ERICKSON delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an original proceeding under C.A.R. 21 to prohibit the trial court from enforcing judgments of contempt and sentences issued against the two deputy state public defenders, who are the petitioners. We issued a rule to show cause and now make the rule absolute.

Stephens Dooley was the court-appointed attorney for Timothy Brewster, who was convicted by a jury of second-degree assault on October 2, 1990...

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