Legal Opinion
Jones v. DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided September 29, 1980No. 80SA315PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Justice.
The petitioner-defendant, Nicholas James Jones (petitioner), filed this original proceeding seeking prohibitory relief under C.A.R. 21. He protests the rulings of the respondent court in requiring his attorney to argue pending motions on capital punishment-issues in the face of the petitioner’s claimed incompetency and in refusing to order a competency examination or make further inquiry into his mental state under section 16-8-111(1), C.R.S. 1973 (now in 1978 Repl. Vol. 8). We issued a rule to show cause and now make the rule absolute.
The petitioner is charged in the district…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. Reginald E. DavidCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Hunter v. District Ct. in & for Twentieth Jud. Dist.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1975
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3Cited by33 opinions
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