People v. Yellen

ROVIRA, Justice.

The People appeal an order of the Denver District Court dismissing an information charging the defendant, Seth Allen Yellen, with one count of aggravated robbery and a count of mandatory sentence— violent crime. The district court held that the defendant’s rights under the Uniform Mandatory Disposition of Detainers Act (the Act), sections 16-14-101 to -108, 8 C.R.S. (1978), had been violated because the defendant, a prisoner, had not been “promptly informed” of the pending charges against him and of his right to request a final disposition of the pending charges. It also held…