Mosley v. People

JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶1 A jury convicted Victor Mosley of sexually assaulting his youngest daughter. The court of appeals later reversed his convictions and remanded the case for a new trial. People v. Mosley, 167 P.3d 157 (Colo. App. 2007). Mosley now contends that the trial court violated his statutory speedy trial right on retrial when it granted the prosecution’s request for a continuance. Consequently, he argues, the charges against him must be dismissed.

¶2 This ease requires us to examine the interplay between various subsections of Colorado’s speedy trial…