People v. District Court, City & County of Denver
Supreme Court of Colorado
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mullarkey
The People filed this original proceeding pursuant to C.A.R. 21 seeking a writ in the nature of mandamus and prohibition compelling the respondent, the Denver District Court, (the respondent court), to proceed with a jury trial in People v. Edward Finley, No. 97CR202. We issued a rule to show cause why the respondent court’s August 19, 1997 order requiring a bench trial should not be vacated. We now hold that the respondent court erred as a matter of law when it ordered a bench trial over the People’s objection. Accordingly, we make the rule absolute.
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