Watson v. People

LOHR, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the decision of the Colorado Court of Appeals in People v. Watson, 666 P.2d 1114 (Colo.App. 1983), to determine whether the petitioner, Arthur J. Watson, was deprived of his statutory or constitutional rights to a speedy trial. Watson was convicted in Jefferson County District Court on two counts of aggravated robbery and two counts of crime of violence. 1 The court of appeals affirmed. Since we decide that the petitioner’s statutory speedy trial right was violated, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.

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The speedy trial issues were…