HIGGS v. DIST. COURT IN AND FOR DOUGLAS CO.

Nos. 83SA493, 84SA19.

713 P.2d 840 (1985)

Ronald J. HIGGS, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT In and For the COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, the Honorable William M. Calvert, James R. Florey, Jr. and Michael Miller, Respondents. James R. FLOREY, Jr. and Michael Miller, Petitioners, v. The DISTRICT COURT In and For the COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, the Honorable William M. Calvert, and Ronald J. Higgs, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearings January 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Long and Jaudon, P.C., Joseph C. Jaudon, Gary B. Blum, Michael T. McConnell, Robert M. Baldwin, Denver, for Ronald J. Higgs.

William M. Calvert, Colorado Springs, pro se.

Wood, Ris & Hames, P.C., F. Michael Ludwig, Jeffrey Clay Ruebel, Denver, for James R. Florey, Jr. and Michael Miller.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., John Daniel Dailey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, Amicus Curiae.

Norman S. Early, Jr., Denver Dist. Atty., O. Otto Moore, Asst. Dist. Atty., Brooke Wunnicke, Chief Appellate Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, amicus curiae for the Colorado Dist. Attys. Council.

Mary G. Allen, Denver, amicus curiae for the Colorado Crim. Defense Bar.


QUINN, Chief Justice.

These consolidated original proceedings, brought under C.A.R. 21, arise out of a civil rights action initiated by Ronald Higgs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) against James R. Florey, Jr., and Michael Miller, deputy district attorneys in the District Attorney's Office for the Eighteenth Judicial District, following a jury verdict acquitting Higgs of the crimes of first degree burglary, first degree sexual assault, and first degree criminal...

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