People v. Ellis

This appeal was prosecuted after Judge Matt J. Kikel sentenced the defendant to thirty days in jail for contempt. We reverse and dismiss.

After charges of burglary in the second degree and conspiracy to commit burglary in the second degree were filed, arraignment was delayed until the defendant was released from the Colorado State Hospital. When the defendant was arraigned, the information was read to him by the clerk. Following the reading of the information, a brief colloquy occurred between the trial judge and the defendant. The defendant’s answers offended the trial judge. No facts are…