PEOPLE v. JUVENILE COURT

No. 95SA382.

915 P.2d 1274 (1996)

PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. JUVENILE COURT, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, and One of the Judges Thereof, Honorable David E. Ramirez, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

February 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. William Ritter, Jr., District Attorney, Second Judicial District, Nathan B. Coats, Chief Appellate Deputy District Attorney, Denver, for Petitioner.

Kurt A. Metsger, Denver, for Juvenile Respondent.

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Stephen K. ErkenBrack, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Timothy M. Tymkovich, Solicitor General, Paul Farley, Deputy Attorney General, John August Lizza, First Assistant Attorney General, Thomas S. Parchman, Assistant Attorney General, State Services Section, Denver, for amicus curiae, Dept. of Human Services.


Justice MULLARKEY delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The Denver District Attorney brought this original proceeding pursuant to C.A.R. 21 against the juvenile court and Judge Ramirez of that court. The petition sought emergency relief in the nature of mandamus or prohibition because conflicting court orders had been issued by the juvenile court and the district court to the Denver Sheriff regarding the placement for custody of a juvenile. We issued a rule to show...

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