People Ex Rel. Coca v. District Court of Seventh JD

This original proceeding was brought to obtain a writ of prohibition to compel the trial judge to dismiss a theft charge on the ground that the petitioner was denied a speedy trial. We issued a rule to show cause and now discharge the rule with directions to the trial court.

When the petitioner’s motion to dismiss was heard, the trial judge concluded that the motion should be granted under the law relating to a speedy trial, but then held that the people of Gunnison County were'entitled to have the petitioner tried in spite of the law. If the constitution, the statutes, the rules, or the case…