People v. Yellen

ROVIRA, Justice.

In this case, for the fourth time in three years, we cross paths with defendant Seth Allen Yellen. Yellen v. Cooper, 713 P.2d 925 (Colo.1986); People v. Yellen, 704 P.2d 306 (Colo.), cert. denied, _ U.S. -, 106 S.Ct. 603, 88 L.Ed.2d 582 (1985); Yellen v. Nelson, 680 P.2d 234 (Colo.1984). The issue before us on this occasion involves the Denver District Court’s dismissal of aggravated robbery and violent crime charges against Yellen due to a violation of his statutory speedy trial rights. The trial court, in computing the elapsed speedy trial time, held that the period was not…