PEOPLE EX REL. BROWN v. DISTRICT COURT, ETC.

No. 28247.

585 P.2d 593 (1978)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado ex rel. Nolan L. BROWN, District Attorney for the First Judicial District, State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR the FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT and the Honorable Joseph P. Lewis, one of the Judges thereof, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied November 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nolan L. Brown, Dist. Atty., Janis Chapman, Deputy Dist. Atty., Golden, for petitioner.

Clark, Martin & Pringle, Bruce D. Pringle, Denver, for respondent.


CARRIGAN, Justice.

The petitioner district attorney filed this original proceeding pursuant to C.A.R. 21, seeking relief in the nature of prohibition. He asks that we order the respondent trial court to reverse its ruling denying his motion for appointment of a special prosecutor. We issued a rule to show cause and, having concluded that the trial court did not act beyond its jurisdiction, we now discharge the rule.

On April 7, 1978, the defendants Dave Pinelli...

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