Legal Opinion
Ghrist v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 12, 1995No. 94SC356PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rovira
Petitioner, James H. Ghrist, Jr. (Ghrist), appeals the denial of his Crim.P. 35(b) motion for a sentence reduction. He contends that the trial court erred in concluding that it had no jurisdiction to consider his motion because it was based, in part, on post-incarceration conduct. In an unpublished opinion the court of appeals affirmed. Ghrist v. People, No. 92CA1239 (Colo.App. Apr. 14, 1994) (not selected for official publication). We agree with petitioner, and accordingly reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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In January 1990 Ghrist was convicted of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- People v. WatkinsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
- People v. FuquaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- Spann v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1977
- People v. SmithSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
- Mamula v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1993
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3Cited by11 opinions
- United States v. KristlCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006
- People v. SmithSupreme Court of Colorado · 1999
- Shipley v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2002
- People v. DunlapSupreme Court of Colorado · 2001
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