In Re the People of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff v. Ilyias Calese Austin, Defendant.

Summary

The court held that Austin was entitled to a preliminary hearing because he was charged by information with a class 4 felony that qualified as a crime of violence under the statutory definition. That entitlement applied independently of whether the 2016 amendment eliminated mandatory incarceration for the charged assault. The court made the rule absolute and remanded for further proceedings.