Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Faulk v. District Court ex rel. County of Fremont
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided December 5, 1983No. 83SA386PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVIRA, Justice.
The respondent court held section 16-13-103, C.R.S.1973 (1982 Supp.), a part of the Colorado habitual-criminal statute, unconstitutional and dismissed four habitual-criminal counts against the defendant, Jack Clark. The People brought this original *999proceeding under C.A.R. 21, requesting that we issue a rule to show cause why the respondent court should not be ordered to reinstate the habitual-criminal counts. We issued the rule and now make it absolute.
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Jack Clark was charged with two counts of first-degree kidnapping,1 two counts of holding hostages,2 one count of attempted…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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