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JONES v. DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT

No. 80SA315.

617 P.2d 803 (1980)

Nicholas James JONES, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR the TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT and the Honorable James J. Carter, one of the Judges thereof, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

September 29, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Gregory Walta, State Public Defender, Craig L. Truman, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Ilene P. Buchalter, Nick R. Massaro, Deputy State Public Defenders, Denver, for petitioner.

Terrance Farina, Dist. Atty., James R. Alvillar, Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Elizabeth K. Jordan, Deputy Dist. Atty., Grand Junction, for respondents.

Lawrence J. Schoenwald, Denver, for amicus curiae Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, Inc.

QUINN, Justice.

The petitioner-defendant, Nicholas James Jones (petitioner), filed this original proceeding seeking prohibitory relief under C.A.R. 21. He protests the rulings of the respondent court in requiring his attorney to argue pending motions on capital punishment-issues in the face of the petitioner's claimed incompetency and in refusing to order a competency examination or make further inquiry into his mental state under section 16-8-111(1), C.R.S. 1973...

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