In Re the People of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff v. Alyse Elaine Shank and Six Thousand Fourteen Dollars In…

Summary

The court held that the district attorney had standing to seek disqualification of the public defender and that the court could review whether the public defender had statutory authority to appear. Applying the plain language of the governing statutes, the court concluded that the public defender's authority did not extend to civil forfeiture proceedings and therefore made the rule to show cause absolute.