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· 5/7/1962

District Attorney v. District Court

Citations

  • 371 P.2d 271
  • 150 Colo. 136
  • 1962 Colo. LEXIS 308

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • failure of district attorney or representative to appear in court was indirect, notwithstanding that some inconvenience and delay resulted
  • summary finding of contempt based on court’s determination that excuses of attorney who failed to appear were not sufficient violated attorney’s right to hearing
  • Because failure to appear in court is based on acts occurring outside the courtroom, it is evaluated as indirect contempt.

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Judges: Moore

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