People v. District Court

This is an original proceeding brought by the district attorney to prohibit the respondent district court from refusing to reopen a suppression hearing held in criminal cases Nos. 73381 and 74592. We issued our rule to show cause and the matter is now at issue. We discharge the rule.

The factual background concerning the hearings on the motions to suppress evidence, statements, and grand jury testimony is set forth in our decision in People v. Salazar, Wallace and Martinez, 189 Colo. 429, 541 P.2d 676, wherein this court affirmed the rulings of the district court in granting defendants’…