Legal Opinion

People v. O'NEAL

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided October 1, 2009No. 07CA1895PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge DAILEY.

Defendant, Matthew Christopher O'Neal, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of possession of a weapon by a previous offender. We affirm.

Responding to a shoplifting call, police encountered defendant and two others sitting in a car in the parking lot of a store. The police noticed a semi-automatic 9mm pistol sitting on the floor inside the car. They seized the pistol, which defendant admitted was his.

After police discovered that he had previously been adjudicated a juvenile delinquent based on an act which, if committed by an…

2Cases cited27 opinions

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  2. MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. People v. District Court, Second Judicial DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
  4. State v. NietoSupreme Court of Colorado · 2000
  5. Dempsey v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2005

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