Legal Opinion

People v. Alexander

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided July 9, 1990No. 89SA130PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vollack

In this appeal Defendant James Alexander attacks the constitutionality of his sentence under the Habitual Criminal Act on equal protection grounds. The defendant also argues that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress, that his two prior convictions underlying the habitual criminal charge were unconstitutionally obtained, and that the district court erred in refusing to give his proffered special instruction on the issue of identification. We affirm.

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In 1985 the defendant was convicted of second degree kidnapping 1 and first degree sexual assault. 2 The defendant was also…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Tollett v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State PenitentiarySupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Anthony Lee Cunningham v. Warren T. Diesslin, Warden, Buena Vista Correctional Facility, Colorado Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
  2. People v. District Court, Arapahoe CountySupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
  3. Dean v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2016
  4. Jamison v. PeopleColorado Court of Appeals · 1999
  5. Dean v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2016

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