Rainwater v. County Court in & for the County of Fremont

BERMAN, Judge.

Petitioner, contending that her right to a speedy trial under C.M.C.R. 248(b) had been violated, sought relief in the nature of prohibition from the district court. The district court denied this relief, and from this judgment, petitioner appeals. We reverse.

Petitioner was convicted in the Canon City municipal court for violation of a municipal ordinance. Pursuant to § 13-10-116(1), C.R.S.1973 and C.M.C.R. 237(a), she filed a timely notice of appeal in the county court requesting a trial de novo.

Not having been brought to trial in the county court within ninety days of the…