DEUTSCHENDORF v. PEOPLE

Nos. 95SC531, 95SC520.

920 P.2d 53 (1996)

Henry John DEUTSCHENDORF, a/k/a John Denver, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent, and The State of Colorado ex rel. Gale A. Norton, Intervenor. Ronald W. LEEVER, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent, and The State of Colorado ex rel. Gale A. Norton, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied July 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean E. Dubofsky, P.C., Jean E. Dubofsky, Kelly P. Marinelli, Boulder, for Petitioner in No. 95SC520.

Alexander M. Hunter, District Attorney, Twentieth Judicial District, William F. Nagel, D.D. Mallard, Deputy District Attorneys, Boulder, for Respondent in No. 95SC520.

Gerash, Robinson & Miranda, P.C., Walter L. Gerash, Todd J. Thompson, Denver, for Petitioner in No. 95SC531.

Milton K. Blakey, District Attorney, Ninth Judicial District, H. Lawson Wills, Deputy District Attorney, Aspen, for Respondent in No. 95SC531.

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Stephen K. ErkenBrack, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Timothy M. Tymkovich, Solicitor General, Paul Farley, Deputy Attorney General, Larry A. Williams, First Assistant Attorney General, Lauren A. Edelstein, Assistant Attorney General, State Services Section, Denver, for Intervenor.

Colorado District Attorneys Council, Raymond T. Slaughter, Executive Director, Denver, for Amicus Curiae Colorado District Attorneys Council.


Chief Justice VOLLACK delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to review the decision of the Pitkin County District Court in Deutschendorf v. People, No. 95CR23 (Colo. Dist.Ct. July 19, 1995), and the decision of the Boulder County District Court in People v. Leever, No. 95CR116 (Colo.Dist.Ct. July 11, 1995). Both district courts held that the initiation of separate criminal proceedings after the resolution of an administrative license...

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