Legal Opinion

White v. District Court

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided November 20, 1972No. 25651PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Groves

The petitioner brought an original proceeding in the nature of prohibition, seeking to prohibit further proceedings against him by the respondent district court. A rule to show cause was issued. We now discharge the rule.

On the' basis of a check presented to F. W. Woolworth & Company on May 8, 1971, petitioner Donald L. White was charged with a felony violation of the so-called “bad check” law C.R.S. 1963, 40-14-20, as amended by Colo. Sess. Laws 1970, ch. 48, herein designated as the “newer statute.” The petitioner entered a plea of nolo contendere to the charge and was sentenced to the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. United States v. BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. United States v. EwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. United States v. TateoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. People v. VinnolaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1972
  5. State v. JonesNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1940

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. People v. District CourtSupreme Court of Colorado · 1992
  2. Dean v. CrispCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1975
  3. People v. BrassfieldSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
  4. People v. Tate Banks v. People Jensen v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2015
  5. People v. BrownSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981

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