Legal Opinion

Harris v. People

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided June 4, 1945No. 15,411PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PLAINTIFF in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted of statutory rape and received a sentence of from ten to twenty years in the penitentiary. To review that judgment he prosecutes this writ and assigns nine alleged errors which may thus be summarized: 1. Challenge to the array should have been sustained; 2. the jury was professional and prejudiced; 3. examination of defendant was improperly limited; 4. cross-examination of defendant's wife was improperly limited; 5. defendant's instruction No. 1 should have been given; 6. the court's instruction No. 7 should have been…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Williams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1925
  2. Knights of Pythias v. SteeleTennessee Supreme Court · 1901
  3. Leeper v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1890
  4. Shulinsky v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1927
  5. Denver City Tramway Co. v. KennedySupreme Court of Colorado · 1911

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. People v. MacRanderSupreme Court of Colorado · 1992
  2. Blades v. DaFoeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
  3. Kelly v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1950
  4. People v. PratorSupreme Court of Colorado · 1993
  5. Laura A. Newman, LLC v. RobertsSupreme Court of Colorado · 2016

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