Kostal v. People

Albert Joseph Kostal and Arthur Jerome Watson were jointly tried and convicted of murder in the first degree, with each being sentenced to death. Upon review these judgments were reversed and the causes remanded for a new trial. See Kostal, et al. v. People, 144 Colo. 505, 357 P.2d 70.

Kostal thereafter sought and obtained a separate trial from his codefendant, Watson. Upon a retrial of this matter Kostal was again convicted of murder in the first degree, with the jury on this occasion fixing his punishment at life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. By writ of error Kostal now seeks…