Legal Opinion

People v. Davis

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided January 28, 1988No. 85CA0988PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

METZGER, Judge.

Defendant, Robert Davis, appeals the order of the trial court denying his Crim.P. 35(c) motion. We affirm.

In 1976, defendant, a New York City policeman, was convicted of conspiracy to commit first degree murder in connection with the shooting of a Denver couple in which the husband was killed and the wife was seriously injured. The trial court granted defendant’s motion to sever his trial from that of his co-defendant, Michael Borrelli, and defendant’s trial preceded Borrelli’s.

Because the evidence against both co-defendants apparently arose from the same incident, defendant’s…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. People v. NormanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
  3. People v. WhiteSupreme Court of Colorado · 1973
  4. People v. VelasquezSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
  5. Wayland v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. ValdezColorado Court of Appeals · 2007
  2. People v. KennyColorado Court of Appeals · 2001
  3. People v. BarefieldColorado Court of Appeals · 1990
  4. People v. ShepardColorado Court of Appeals · 2006
  5. Peo v. PadillaColorado Court of Appeals · 2013

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