PEOPLE v. OWENS

Supreme Court Case No. 13SA91, Supreme Court Case No. 13SA94.

330 P.3d 1027 (2014)

2014 CO 58

In re: The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff, v. Sir Mario OWENS, Defendant. In re: The People of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff v. Robert Keith Ray, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing August 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Plaintiff: George H. Brauchler , District Attorney, Eighteenth Judicial District Emily Warren , Chief Deputy District Attorney Centennial, Colorado

Attorneys for Defendant Sir Mario Owens: James A. Castle Denver, Colorado Jennifer L. Gedde, LLC Jennifer L. Gedde Denver, Colorado C. Keith Pope Boulder, Colorado Reppucci Law Firm, P.C. Jonathan D. Reppucci Denver, Colorado

Attorneys for Defendant Robert Ray: Maria Liu Greeley, Colorado Mary Claire Mulligan Boulder, Colorado Christopher Gehring Denver, Colorado

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado District Attorneys' Council: Thomas R. Raynes , Executive Director, Colorado District Attorneys' Council Denver, Colorado Peter Weir , District Attorney, First Judicial District Donna Skinner Reed , Chief Appellate Deputy District Attorney Golden, Colorado John W. Suthers , Attorney General Paul Koehler , First Assistant Attorney General Denver, Colorado

Attorneys for Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Colorado Criminal Defense Bar: Blain Myhre LLC Blain D. Myhre Englewood, Colorado Haddon, Morgan and Foreman, P.C. Norman R. Mueller Denver, Colorado

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado Innocence Project: University of Colorado, School of Law Margaret Ann England Boulder, Colorado

En Banc


JUSTICE COATS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Owens and Ray petitioned pursuant to C.A.R. 21 for relief from a series of discovery rulings of the district court relative to post-conviction proceedings in their respective death penalty cases. Each had moved to discover the prosecution's investigation of the claims raised by Owens's motion for post-conviction review, on the grounds that such disclosure was required either by Crim. P. 16 or by the federal...

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