People v. District Court in & for the City & County of Denver

KIRSHBAUM, Justice.

In this original proceeding the People seek to prohibit a judge of the Denver District Court (respondent court) from enforcing an order compelling disclosure of a sexual assault victim’s records of psychological treatment obtained subsequent to the sexual assault. We issued a rule to show cause and now make the rule absolute.

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The defendant in People v. Silva, No. 85CR1404, a criminal case pending in the respondent court, is charged with first degree sexual assault. 1 The victim of the offense suffered emotional trauma and sought counseling treatment with an organization…