People v. District Court In & For the City & County of Denver

VOLLACK, Justice.

The People seek relief in the nature of prohibition under C.A.R. 21, to prevent the district court from releasing records of the Denver Department of Social Services [hereinafter DSS] concerning a child named as a victim in the underlying prosecution of the defendant, Anthony Santistevan, for sexual assault on a child. We issued an order to, show cause why defense counsel should not be prohibited from examining the records, and now make the rule absolute.

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The defendant was charged by information with sexual assault on a child pursuant to section 18-3-405, 8B C.R.S. (1986).…