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

No. 90SA491.

808 P.2d 831 (1991)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT COURT, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, and one of the Judges thereof, J. Stephen Phillips, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 8, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Coghill & Goodspeed, P.C., Patrick L. Ridley, David J. Richman, Denver, Tone T. Schauer, Boulder, for respondents.

H. Patrick Furman, Boulder, John M. Richilano, Denver, for amicus curiae The Colo. Crim. Defense Bar, Inc.

Justice LOHR delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The People of the State of Colorado brought this original proceeding under C.A.R. 21, seeking relief in the nature of prohibition or mandamus from an order of the Denver District Court requiring payment of $19,131 to the defendant's attorneys in a criminal proceeding as a sanction for violation of discovery rules. The sum represented that part of the defendant's attorney's fees characterized by the court as "unnecessary...

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