PEOPLE v. ALLEN

No. 91CA0648.

843 P.2d 97 (1992)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ralph S. ALLEN, Defendant-Appellee.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

Rehearing Denied August 13, 1992.

Certiorari Granted January 11, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Mielke, Jefferson County Dist. Atty., Donna Skinner Reed, Chief Appellate Deputy Dist. Atty., Office of Dist. Atty., Golden, for plaintiff-appellant.

David F. Vela, State Public Defender, Kathleen A. Lord, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellee.


Opinion by Judge JONES.

The People appeal the vacation of the conviction and sentence of defendant, Ralph S. Allen, following a district court order holding that his prosecution was barred by the double jeopardy clause of the United States and Colorado Constitutions. We affirm.

The genesis of this appeal was a hearing on January 11, 1988, when defendant was found in contempt of court and sentenced to six months in jail for violating a permanent restraining...

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