Legal Opinion

Trujillo v. People

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided April 20, 1959No. 18,874PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore

*287Plaintiff in error, to whom we will refer as defendant, was accused of having unlawful possession of a quantity of Cannabis Sativa L., commonly known as marijuana. He entered a plea of not guilty but upon trial was found guilty. After motion for new trial was filed and overruled, judgment was entered on the verdict and defendant was sentenced to a term in the Colorado state penitentiary.

In this court, on writ of error, there is but one assignment of error. It is set forth by counsel for defendant as follows:

“The trial court erred in admitting the testimony of the witness Homer Beattie by…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Archina v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1957
  2. Haynes v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1954

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Evans v. CENTURY CASUALTY COMPANYSupreme Court of Colorado · 1966

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