Legal Opinion
Taylor v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided May 18, 1964No. 20910PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pringle
On April 23, 1958, James Arthur Taylor was convicted of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. Taylor’s co-defendant, one Miller, was similarly convicted and sentenced and his conviction was affirmed by this Court in Miller v. People, 141 Colo. 576, 349 P.2d 685. Taylor did not prosecute a writ of error to his conviction.
On February 13, 1963, Taylor, pro se, filed a “Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Judgment and Sentence” pursuant to Rule 35 (b), Colo. R. Crim. P., which motion was denied by the trial court. From the denial of this…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Wolf v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Joseph Aguilar Gaitan and Dolores Marie Gaitan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1961
- John Bizup, Jr. v. Harry C. Tinsley, Warden of the Colorado State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
- Massantonio v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1925
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3Cited by6 opinions
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