Murphy v. District Court

The petitioner brought this original proceeding pursuant to C.A.R. 21, contending that his right to a speedy trial had been denied and seeking relief in the nature of prohibition. We issued a rule to show cause, and the parties submitted briefs. We now discharge the rule.

The petitioner was charged in Mesa County District Court with first-degree arson,1 second-degree burglary,2 and felony theft.3 On April 25, 1977, the district court accepted the petitioner’s not guilty plea, nunc pro tunc to March 17, 1977, the day the not guilty plea had first been tendered. The case was then set for jury…