Legal Opinion
David Manual Labor v. Gibson
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided May 22, 1978No. 28088PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lee
Petitioner David Manual Labor brings this original proceeding pursuant to C.A.R. 21 and seeks a writ prohibiting the respondent trial judge from entering a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity on his behalf. We issued our rule to show cause and now make the rule absolute.
The petitioner was convicted by a jury in El Paso County District Court of second-degree assault, section 18-3-203(l)(b), C.R.S. 1973, on January 19, 1978. After the verdict was entered, the respondent judge ordered the petitioner to be examined to evaluate both his present mental competence and his sanity at the time of…
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