Legal Opinion

People v. Edmonds

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided May 15, 1978No. C-1067PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hodges

Defendant Charles M. Edmonds was convicted by a jury in county court of second-degree tampering for “making unauthorized connections” with a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company (Mountain Bell) telephone wire, a class 2 misdemeanor. Section 18-4-506, C.R.S. 1973. On appeal to the Superior Court, the judgment of conviction was reversed. We granted the district attorney’s petition for a writ of certiorari to consider issues raised by the petition. We reverse the judgment of the Superior Court.

In January of 1974, defendant, who was then a state legislator, rented an apartment in…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. United States v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. People v. GutierrezSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
  2. People v. PolanderSupreme Court of Colorado · 2001
  3. People v. BossertSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
  4. People v. SmithSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
  5. People v. McKnightSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980

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