Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Iuppa v. District Court of El Paso County
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided January 20, 1987No. 86SA149PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBOFSKY, Justice.
In this original proceeding the People challenge a decision of the El Paso County District Court to permit a defendant in a prosecution for second degree murder to waive a jury trial on the issue of sanity without the consent of the district attorney. We issued an order to show cause to the respondent district court and now make the rule absolute.
On August 13, 1985, an indictment was filed in the El Paso County District Court charging the defendant, Kenneth Murriel, with second degree murder, a class 2 felony. The defendant subsequently entered a plea of not guilty by reason…
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