Legal Opinion
People v. Gonzales
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 27, 1983No. 82SA18PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEIGHBORS, Justice.
The People appeal the district court’s order granting judgment of acquittal at the close of all the evidence. 1 We conclude that the ruling was erroneous and disapprove the judgment entered by the trial court. 2
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The defendant was charged in the Fremont County District Court with possession of contraband 3 (a homemade knife), and two counts of habitual criminality. 4 The substantive charge arose out of an altercation between the defendant and a fellow inmate which occurred in the Centennial Correctional Facility on May 21,1981. The prosecution’s theory was that the…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- People v. BennettSupreme Court of Colorado · 1973
- Earl R. Cephus v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
- United States v. Richard BeckCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by116 opinions
- People v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Colorado · 1996
- Kogan v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- Clark v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2010
- People v. SprouseSupreme Court of Colorado · 1999
- People v. LybargerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
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