People v. District Court of Colorado's Seventeenth Judicial District

In this original proceeding, we directed the Adams County District Court to show cause why we should not require it to reinstate the charges of first degree murder and felony menacing against Travis Henry (Henry) in the case People v. Henry, No. 96CR233 (Adams County Dist. Ct.). After a preliminary hearing, the district court ruled that it would not bind the case over for trial on the first degree murder and felony menacing charges, but instead would bind the case over on a second degree murder charge. The record reflects sufficient evidence to sustain probable cause to believe that Henry…