"While we do not decide this case on the civil-criminal proceedings distinction urged by the parties, we do note that the strong trend of authority is to afford the protections of criminal procedure to one charged with the violations of a municipal ordinance. See Canon City v. Merris, 137 Colo. 169, 323 P.2d 614; Pickett v. City of Boulder, 144 Colo. 387, 356 P.2d 489; Austin v. City and County of Denver, Colo., 462 P.2d 600; Camara v. Municipal Court, 387 U.S. 523, 87 S.Ct. 1727, 18 L.Ed.2d 930." The language used in the cases dealing with the administrative and criminal procedural distinctions is very similar, and the cases cited in them oftentimes overlap.
While we do not decide this case on the civil-criminal proceedings distinction urged by the parties, we do note that the strong trend of authority is to afford to protections of criminal procedure to one charged with the violation of a municipal ordinance. See Canon City v. Merris, 137 Colo. 169, 323 P.2d 614; Pickett v. City of Boulder, 144 Colo. 387, 356 P.2d 489; Austin v. City and County of Denver, 170 Colo. 448, 462 P.2d 600; Camera v. Municipal Court, 387 U.S. 523, 87 S.Ct. 1727, 18 L.Ed.2d 930. Judgment reversed and cause remanded for compliance with this Court's holding herein.