Legal Opinion
People v. Roark
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 5, 1982No. 80SA389PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOHR, Justice.
As the result of a jury trial in Adams County District Court, the defendant, Douglas E. Roark, was convicted of extreme indifference murder,1 felony murder,2 second-degree sexual assault,3 and child abuse.4 All the charges were based on events which resulted in the violent death of 23-month-old Christie Lee Floyd. The *759defendant pled not guilty by reason of insanity with respect to each charge. After a trial on the sanity issue, a jury found that he was sane at the time each offense occurred. Thereafter, a different jury found Roark guilty of each of the offenses.
The defendant…
2Cases cited61 opinions
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- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by70 opinions
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- People v. DementSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
- People v. UnruhSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
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