Legal Opinion
Roberts v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided September 19, 1938No. 14,335PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
A JUDGMENT of the district court of Weld county was entered on the verdict of a jury finding plaintiff in error, Roberts, an ex-chief of police of the city of Greeley, guilty as accessory after the fact to the murder of one Butler. Roberts brings the judgment here for review.
Butler's body was discovered in a well twenty-five miles from his ranch about six weeks after his disappearance. A piece of railroad iron was tied around his neck. An autopsy disclosed two skull fractures on the back of the head occasioned by some blunt instrument or instruments, either of which was sufficient, according…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Kirby v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Miller v. . WhiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- People v. OlmsteadMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
- Caesar v. BernardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
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3Cited by28 opinions
- People v. TaylorCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
- State v. PetryWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
- United States v. Kenneth L. Musgrave and Marshall WomackCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- State v. DaughtonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1990
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