People v. Baltazar

The People petitioned for relief pursuant to C.A.R. 21 from an order of the district court authorizing the criminal defendant below to make ex parte application for subpoenas duces tecum and to withhold from the prosecution any information discovered by such ex parte subpoenas as to which disclosure is not mandated by Crim. P. 16. This court issued its rule to show cause why the order should not be vacated, and the defendant responded.

Because the district court erred in conelud-ing that the defendant is constitutionally entitled to conduct an investigation according to the forgoing process,…