Legal Opinion

Vensor v. People

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided February 5, 2007No. 05SC193PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Coats

Ernest Vensor sought review of the court of appeals’ judgment affirming his sentence for conviction of two class four felony sex offenses. See People v. Vensor, 116 P.3d 1240 (Colo.App.2005). The district court sentenced Vensor to consecutive terms of twenty-five years to life. The court of appeals upheld the sentence, finding that the Lifetime Supervision of Sex Offenders Act places no upper limit on the minimum or lower term of an indeterminate sentence prescribed for sex offenses, and that the sentencing court did not violate the defendant’s constitutional rights by considering the…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. Lopez v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2005

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3Cited by61 opinions

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