White v. District Court

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…