KINNEY v. YOUNG

No. 84SA149.

689 P.2d 614 (1984)

Douglas KINNEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sergeant Mel YOUNG, Aurora Police Department, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

October 22, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance for plaintiff-appellee.

Claybourne M. Douglas, Asst. City Atty., Aurora, for defendant-appellant.


DUBOFSKY, Justice.

The City of Aurora appeals from a judgment granting Douglas Kinney's petition for a writ of habeas corpus under section 13-45-101(1), 6 C.R.S. (1973).1 The Arapahoe County District Court determined that the Aurora City Jail is not a "common jail" as that phrase is used in section 13-45-111, 6 C.R.S. (1983 Supp.), which governs the removal and transfer of prisoners, and therefore county jail prisoners such as Kinney could...

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