Legal Opinion
Weason v. Colorado Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided January 26, 1987No. 86SA228PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVIRA, Justice.
In this original proceeding, Jack Weason, petitioner, seeks a writ of mandamus compelling the court of appeals to grant his *737Motion to File Notice of Appeal Out of Time, pursuant to C.A.R. 4(b). We issued a rule to show cause, and now modify the rule and make it absolute.
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After a trial at which petitioner was represented by private counsel, petitioner was convicted of felony theft. On March 21, 1986, he was sentenced to the department of corrections for four years. Under C.A.R. 4, his notice of appeal had to be filed within 45 days — that is, by May 5 — in order to be timely.…
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