Legal Opinion

People v. White

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided August 9, 1976No. 26468PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Pringle

The defendant, Frank White, was convicted by a jury of two counts of second-degree assault. Defendant contends that the evidence was not sufficient to sustain the verdicts and that the jury was not properly instructed as to the law. We find no error in the proceedings below and therefore affirm the judgments of conviction.

Floyd Ortiz and the defendant were co-workers and the events constituting the crimes charged occurred at their place of employment. Floyd Ortiz testified that the defendant punched him in the face and later struck him across the face with a hard object.

After receiving the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. RiveraSupreme Court of Colorado · 1974
  2. Martinez v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1970
  3. Baker v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1971
  4. People v. LentSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
  5. People v. HansenSupreme Court of Colorado · 1976

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Apodaca v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
  3. People v. NaranjoSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
  4. People v. McKnightSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
  5. People v. McPhersonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980

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