Legal Opinion
Dekelt v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided September 15, 1908No. 6110PublishedCited by 37 opinions
Error to Pueblo District Court. Hon. John H. Voorhees, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice G-abbekt
Plaintiff-in error was convicted under a statute entitled “An act concerning the taking of indecent liberties with children, and to provide punishment therefor” (Laws 1905, 181; § 1656, Eev. Stats.), and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary. The act in question is as follows:
“Section 1. Any person over the age of fourteen years who shall assault any child under sixteen years of age, and shall take indecent and improper liberties with the person of such child, or who shall entice, allure, or persuade any such child into any room, office, or to any other place for the purpose of taking such…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- People v. HicksMichigan Supreme Court · 1893
- Croomes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
- Cook v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1901
- People v. OsborneSupreme Court of Colorado · 1884
- State v. MillardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1846
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Beausoliel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- Sorenson v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1979
- Howe v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1972
- State v. MinnsNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1969
- Giles v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2004
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