Legal Opinion

Rodriguez v. District Court for the City & County of Denver

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided May 19, 1986No. 85SA98PublishedCited by 83 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KIRSHBAUM, Justice.

The petitioner, Frank D. Rodriguez, has filed this original proceeding challenging orders of the respondent trial judge (the respondent) denying the petitioner’s motion for recusal of the respondent and granting a motion by the People to disqualify the office of the public defender from representing the petitioner. The rule is discharged in part, made absolute in part, and the cause is remanded with instructions.

On November 14, 1984, the petitioner was arrested by Denver police officers as a result of their investigation of the death of a victim of a kidnapping. Late that…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Garrett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. United States v. GarciaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  5. United States v. Anthony Provenzano, Stephen Andretta, and Thomas AndrettaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by83 opinions

  1. People v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Colorado · 1996
  2. People v. CzemerynskiSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
  3. Dunlap v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2007
  4. People v. HarlanSupreme Court of Colorado · 2000
  5. Hendricks v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2000

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