People v. Sherrod

I. INTRODUCTION

We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals' published decision in People v. Sherrod, No. 08CA1105, 204 P.3d 472, 2007 WL 2128188 (July 26, 2007), in order to consider: (1) whether a county judge's pretrial rulings in a felony case were invalid where the record does not contain a written order authorizing the county judge to sit as a district judge but the chief judge issued an appointment order nune pro tunc-or retroactively-after the rulings occurred; and (2) if the pretrial rulings were invalid, whether a new trial is required to correct the error. 1 A jury found…