PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 98SA393.

987 P.2d 232 (1999)

In re the PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Chaval WILLIAMS, Defendant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

October 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Peters, District Attorney, Eighteenth Judicial District, John Topolnicki, Chief Deputy District Attorney, William Hood, Deputy District Attorney, Englewood, Colorado, Attorneys for Plaintiff-Respondent.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, David R. Jones, Deputy State Public Defender, Englewood, Colorado, Attorneys for Defendant-Petitioner.


Justice SCOTT delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In this original proceeding,1 petitioner Chaval Williams (defendant) challenges the jurisdiction of the Arapahoe County District Court. The State originally filed charges in county court but moved to dismiss those charges before the case was bound over to district court. Months later, the State elected to reinstitute the same criminal charges by refiling a second information in county court...

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