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Ortiz v. District Court in & for the County of Las Animas

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided March 30, 1981No. 80SA165PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DUBOFSKY, Justice.

In response to a petition filed under C.A.R. 21, we issued a Rule to Show Cause why the respondent district court should not dismiss informations charging the petitioners, Sam Ortiz and Joseph Ortiz, with first-degree and second-degree assault and crime of violence. We now make the Rule absolute.

On October 5, 1979, a jury found the petitioners guilty of menacing1 Troy Gutierrez. This was one of several counts arising from an altercation between the petitioners and three alleged victims. The instructions and verdict forms submitted to the jury charged petitioners with the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. United States v. JornSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Arizona v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. People v. LoweSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
  2. People v. CastroSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
  3. People v. SchwartzSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
  4. People v. MasonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
  5. People v. MunizColorado Court of Appeals · 2008

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