People v. Mascarenas

ERICKSON, Justice.

Defendant, Richard Mascarenas, was charged with aggravated robbery of drugs and being a habitual criminal. Upon defendant’s motion, the Weld County District Court dismissed the charges pursuant to section 16-4-103(2), 8 C.R.S. (1984 Supp.), which, under certain conditions, mandates that when bail is increased, a criminal defendant must be tried within ninety days after the order increasing bail is issued. *405The defendant moved to dismiss for failure to grant a trial within ninety days after his bail was increased. The district court granted the defendant’s motion and the…