JOHNSON v. PEOPLE

No. 96SC367.

939 P.2d 817 (1997)

Gary Lee JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied July 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Ellen K. Eggleston, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for Petitioner.

Robert S. Grant, District Attorney, Seventeenth Judicial District, Michael J. Milne, Senior Deputy District Attorney, David R. Juarez, Deputy District Attorney, Brighton, for Respondent.


Justice HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This case arises out of the Adams County District Court's dismissal of a felony theft charge brought against Gary Lee Johnson (Johnson). The dismissal was based upon the People's failure to bring Johnson to trial within the time limitation period contained in the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (the IAD), §§ 24-60-501, to -507, 10B C.R.S. (1988). The People filed an appeal with the court of appeals which...

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