Legal Opinion
People v. McPherson
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided August 25, 1980No. 79SC275PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dubofsky
We granted certiorari in People v. McPherson, 43 Colo. App. 96, 601 P.2d 355 (1979), to consider the Court of Appeals’ decision that the defendant, Martin J. McPherson, could not be convicted of felony menacing because he used an unloaded firearm. We reverse.
About 12:30 a.m. on April 19, 1977, the defendant entered the lobby of the University of Colorado dormitory, Stearns West, in the Williams Village Complex, and confronted the night clerk, an 18-year-old woman student, with a rifle. He first asked her how to get to the roof, and when she did not respond, he ordered her at gunpoint to the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Sousa v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Commonwealth v. HensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- People v. OrrCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
- State v. DeutscherSupreme Court of Kansas · 1979
- Else v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Estate of David v. SnelsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1989
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- Bowers v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
- Montez v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2012
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