Legal Opinion
AC, IV v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided January 22, 2001No. 99SC472PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kourlis
In 1997, then thirteen-year-old A.C. inadvertently shot and killed his sixteen-year-old friend. The People filed a delinquency petition alleging that A.C. committed an act, which if committed by an adult, would have constituted the class four felony of reckless manslaughter. The delinquency petition also charged A.C. with the class two misdemeanor of possession of a handgun by a juvenile.
A.C. moved for a jury trial claiming a statutory right to a jury trial under section 19-2-107, 6 C.R.S (2000), of the Children's Code. The trial court ruled that the statute did not create a right to a jury…
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- Bellotti v. BairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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- Slack v. Farmers Insurance ExchangeSupreme Court of Colorado · 2000
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