Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. VanMeveren v. District Court in & for the County of Larimer
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided November 10, 1980No. 80SA363PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Justice.
In this original proceeding the People seek relief in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent court to reinstate a criminal information against Ralph Loren Bollig (defendant) charging him with first-degree arson, section 18-4-102(1), C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8). The respondent court dismissed the information after a preliminary hearing on the ground that the defendant’s conduct did not constitute arson as a matter of law. We issued a rule to show cause and now make that rule absolute.
On March 3, 1980, the People filed a direct information alleging:
“That on or about…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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