Legal Opinion

People v. McMurtry

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided October 17, 2005No. 04SC437PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BENDER, Justice.

INTRODUCTION

We review the court of appeals’ decision in People v. McMurtry, 101 P.3d 1098 (Colo. App.2003), which affirmed Christopher McMurtry’s conviction pursuant to his plea of guilty to attempted sexual assault. Before entering his guilty plea, McMurtry moved to dismiss his case on the grounds that his statutory right to a speedy trial had been violated. The trial court denied this motion. Following language in earlier decisions of this court and of the court of appeals, the court of appeals held that an improper denial of an accused’s statutory right to a speedy trial…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States of America Ex Rel. James Rogers v. Warden of Attica State Prison, Attica, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
  2. People v. CagleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
  3. American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. AllenSupreme Court of Colorado · 2004
  4. Moody v. CorsentinoSupreme Court of Colorado · 1993
  5. People v. SchneiderSupreme Court of Colorado · 2001

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. People v. GreerColorado Court of Appeals · 2011
  2. People v. HouserColorado Court of Appeals · 2013
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  4. Wood v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2011
  5. People v. DevorssColorado Court of Appeals · 2011

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