Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Farina v. District Court of 21st Jud. Dist.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided May 20, 1974No. 26336PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Erickson
This original proceeding was filed by Terrance Lee Farina, District Attorney for the Twenty-First Judicial District, seeking relief in the nature of prohibition. The petition seeks to prevent the district court from holding a preliminary hearing after the defendant, Don Puschman, allegedly waived a preliminary hearing in the county court and was bound over for trial in the district court. We issued a rule to show cause and now make the rule absolute.
The jurisdictional question in this original proceeding centers on whether the defendant waived a preliminary hearing in the county court. See…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Giordenello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- White v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Hunter v. District Ct. in & for Twentieth Jud. Dist.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1975
- Maestas v. District CourtSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
- People v. MoodySupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
- People v. WhiteSupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
- Jones v. DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICTSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
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