Legal Opinion
People v. Wright
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided September 8, 1987No. 85SC275PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Chief Justice.
We granted the People’s petition for cer-tiorari to review a judgment of the District Court of Jefferson County, which affirmed a county court dismissal of state misdemeanor and misdemeanor traffic offense charges on the grounds that the compulsory joinder bar of section 18-1-408(2), 8B C.R.S. (1986), precluded prosecution of the state offenses which were different from but arose out of the same criminal episode as a municipal ordinance violation to which the defendant had previously pled guilty in municipal court. We reverse the judgment of dismissal and remand the case…
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