Legal Opinion
Ruark v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided September 13, 1965No. 21633PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Pringle
This is another chapter in the saga of Theodore C. Ruark v. The People of the State of Colorado wherein we have detailed in our Reports the histories of the various violent crimes and subsequent trials of this defendant, and from past experience we have no doubt this will not be the last chapter. The present controversy arises out of a conviction of Ruark, in September of 1962, of armed robbery, for which he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than ten years, nor more than twenty years.
Ruark was represented by counsel at the trial and contended that his confession was…
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