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MASON v. PEOPLE

No. 95SC777.

932 P.2d 1377 (1997)

Ronald Meredith MASON, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing March 17, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Polidori, Gerome, Franklin & Jacobson, L.L.C., Dennis J. Jacobson, Lakewood, for Petitioner.

David J. Thomas, District Attorney, First Judicial District, Donna Skinner Reed, Chief Appellate Deputy District Attorney, Golden, for Respondent.

Justice SCOTT delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The question presented is whether the failure to retry a criminal defendant within three months of the declaration of a mistrial violates the speedy trial requirements of section 18-1-405, 8B C.R.S. (1986), mandating dismissal of charges against the defendant.1 Consistent with our decision announced in People v. Pipkin, 655 P.2d 1360 (Colo.1983)...

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