People v. District Court

This is an original proceeding brought by the district attorney to prohibit respondent district court from dismissing an amended indictment in case No. 73381 of the district court of Pueblo county. By this indictment, James Earl Wallace was charged with first-degree murder. We issued our rule to show cause and the matter is now at issue. We discharge the rule.

Reference is made to our decision in People v. Salazar, Wallace and Martinez, 189 Colo. 429, 541 P.2d 676, where the circumstances leading to the indictment of defendant Wallace are set forth. In that decision, the rulings of the trial…