Hampton v. DIST. CT. IN AND FOR CTY. OF JEFFERSON

How courts have described this case

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• holding original proceeding “appropriate vehicle” for resolution of defendant’s pre-trial claim that he has been denied a speedy trial
• “The central issue in this case involves the presence or absence of bad faith on the part of the prosecution in adding the habitual criminal charges.” (emphasis added)
• remand for hearing where the record demonstrated a prima facie case of bad faith by the prosecution in filing four habitual criminal counts immediately prior to beginning trial
• district court would be acting without jurisdiction if it tried a petitioner in violation of Colorado’s speedy trial statute
• trial court lacks jurisdiction to try defendant in violation of his or her rights under the speedy trial statute
• remand for hearing where the record demonstrated a prima facie case of bad faith by the prosecution in filing four habitual criminal counts immediately prior to beginning trial

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