Legal Opinion
Maestas v. District Court
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided October 27, 1975No. 26916PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Erickson
The petitioner seeks relief in this court in the nature of prohibition. We issued a rule to show cause and now make the rule absolute and direct that the petitioner be granted a preliminary hearing.
*445Maestas was charged in a three-count information with attempted robbery (sections 18-2-101 and 18-4-301, C.R.S. 1973), and with two enhancement of punishment counts under the Habitual Criminal Statute (section 16-13-101, C.R.S. 1973). He was represented by a public defender who filed a timely motion for a preliminary hearing in the county court. At this hearing, the prosecution relied solely on the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. Sam UmansCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Umans v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by59 opinions
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