Legal Opinion
Mora v. DISTRICT COURT IN & FOR FIRST JUD. DIST.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided March 6, 1972No. 25435PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kelley
Petitioner, Mora, was arrested in Jefferson County by virtue of a Governor’s Warrant of the State of Colorado directing arrest of the petitioner as a fugitive from the State of California. C.R.S. 1963, 60-1-7. The petitioner declined to waive extradition and through the Public Defender’s office, he filed a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to C.R.S. 1963, 60-1-10.
The Assistant District Attorney, appearing as counsel for respondents, made an oral motion challenging the authority of the office of the Public Defender to represent the petitioner, and the authority of the court to appoint either the…
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- City of Canon City v. MerrisSupreme Court of Colorado · 1958
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