Quintana v. People

I-wish to dissent to the procedural emasculation involved herein by the opinion announced this date. It can do nothing but add utter confusion not only to future cases but in attempting to reconcile pronouncements of this court heretofore made on a similar statute.

I fear that my brethren have misconceived the statute here involved, C.R.S. 1963, 13-5-30(5). They have demonstrated this by comparing it to the habitual criminal statute. There is basis for comparison between the statutes, but the effect of the one under consideration here is not the same as the habitual criminal act. The habitual…