Legal Opinion
People v. Miranda
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 25, 1988No. 86SA396PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Chief Justice.
The People appeal, from a judgment of dismissal entered in favor of the defendant, Valerio Ernest Miranda, on the basis of the compulsory joinder rule in section 18-1-408(2), 8B C.R.S. (1986). 1 The district court dismissed the felony drug and conspiracy charges against the defendant because, in the district court’s view, the charges arose out of the “same criminal episode” as other charges for which the defendant was convicted in a separate criminal prosecution. We reverse the judgment and remand the case for further proceedings.
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The defendant was charged in two separate…
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