Legal Opinion
People v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 9, 1984No. 82SA273, 82SA274PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBOFSKY, Justice.
In these consolidated appeals, the People challenge district court orders dismissing charges filed against the defendants, Christopher Bowman and Barry Lewis. 1 The district court based the dismissals on its holding that the state violated the defendants’ rights to prompt notification of untried charges against them under the Uniform Mandatory Disposition of Detainers Act, sections 16-14-101 to -108, C.R.S. We reverse the district court's orders and remand the cases for further proceedings.
On October 21, 1981, the defendants escaped from the Colorado State Reformatory at…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- People v. SwazoSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
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