Coates v. People

Plaintiff in error, defendant below, was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death for the killing, on the night of October 13, 1938, of one Fred Renovato, a member of the Denver police force. Reversal is sought on a writ of error. Reference will be made to plaintiff in error as the defendant, or Coates.

The following is a statement of the facts, which we think finds support in the evidencé, and which the jury were entitled to believe.

“Coates had cohabited with one Virginia Garcia at intervals for some years. The witness Garcia states that she was a prostitute, that Coates…