Legal Opinion

People v. Samson

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided October 11, 2012No. 10CA2544PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge GABRIEL.

T1 Defendant, Xavier Aguilera Samson, appeals his convictions for theft-$1,000-$20,000-series and conspiracy to commit theft-$1,000-$20,000-series. We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Samson's challenge for cause and perceive no misconduct in the prosecution's closing argument. According ly, we affirm Samson's conviction for theft. In addition, as an apparent matter of first impression in Colorado, we conclude that to prove a conspiracy to commit theft-$1,000-$20,000-series, the prosecution is not required to prove that the…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Dempsey v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2005
  2. Carrillo v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1999
  3. Armintrout v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1993
  4. People v. VigilSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
  5. Woellhaf v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2005

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3Cited by29 opinions

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