Legal Opinion

People v. Wells

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided July 17, 1989No. 88SC93PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KIRSHBAUM, Justice.

The People seek review of the decision of the Court of Appeals in People v. Wells, 754 P.2d 420 (Colo.App.1987), wherein the court reversed judgments of conviction entered against defendant Dexter C. Wells for the offenses of kidnapping and sexual assault on the ground that the trial court erroneously denied the defendant’s motion for a continuance and for a transcript of prior judicial proceedings. We reverse.

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On December 15, 1984, the. victim and her mother went Christmas shopping at a Colorado Springs shopping center. They arrived at approximately 9:15 a.m. After…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Britt v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. People v. HamptonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
  3. People v. MannSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
  4. Miller v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1972
  5. People v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1989

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. People v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Colorado · 1996
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  3. People v. WhiteSupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
  4. People v. ClarkColorado Court of Appeals · 2015
  5. People v. DuranColorado Court of Appeals · 2015

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