Tyson v. District Court for the Fourth Judicial District, El Paso County

The petitioners-defendants, Robert Long Tyson and Barbara Germaine Whitehorn Tyson, have filed this original proceeding pursuant to C.A.R. 21, challenging an order of the El Paso County District Court. We issued a rule directing the respondent, the El Paso County District Court, to show cause why the defendants should be prohibited from having their retained counsel represent both their interests. Because we hold that the district court’s order deprived the defendants of the right to counsel of their choice, we now make the rule absolute and direct the district court to vacate its August 22,…