Chatfield v. Colorado Court of Appeals

The appellant, George E. Chatfield, seeks review of the district court’s discharge of a writ of habeas corpus issued on the appellant’s pro se petition. In his petition, Chat-field alleged that his 1977 prosecutions in Jefferson County for conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery, attempted aggravated robbery, felony menacing, and first degree kidnapping were barred by section 18-1-303(l)(b), 8B C.R.S. (1986), 1 because of the previous dismissal of a federal charge of bank robbery arising from the same incident. The district court discharged the writ without addressing the merits of…