PEOPLE v. DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY

No. 93SA282.

868 P.2d 400 (1994)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colorado, and One of Its Judges, the Honorable Michael J. Watanabe, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Gallagher, Jr., Dist. Atty., James C. Sell, Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Richard Bloch, Deputy Dist. Atty., Englewood, for petitioner.

Donald R. Knight, Littleton, for respondents.


Justice LOHR delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In this original proceeding under C.A.R. 21, we issued a rule directing the respondent, Arapahoe County District Court,1 to show cause why it did not exceed its jurisdiction and abuse its discretion when it ruled that two guilty pleas entered by defendant Byron T. Young on August 24, 1988, were constitutionally invalid and therefore granted the defendant's motion to dismiss habitual criminal...

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