Legal Opinion
Williams v. District Court, El Paso County
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided May 28, 1985No. 84SA470PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Justice.
The petitioner, Nancy Williams, who is awaiting a new trial on a charge of second degree murder, filed this original proceeding under C.A.R. 21. She seeks an order directing the District Court of El Paso County to quash subpoenas served on a deputy public defender who is presently representing her in the pending criminal prosecution, two attorneys who formerly represented her on the criminal charge, and a public defender investigator. The subpoenas commanded the persons served to appear at the scheduled murder trial and to give testimony on behalf of the prosecution. We issued…
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