Legal Opinion
People v. Elliott
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided August 12, 1974No. 26085PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lee
Pursuant to the duty enjoined upon him by Colo. Sess. Laws 1972, ch. 44, 39-12-102 at 253, the district attorney has appealed from an order of the Denver district court which declared the felony-nonsupport statute, C.R.S. 1963, 43-1-1, unconstitutional. Because the statute applies only to men, the court found it to be violative of Article II, Section 29, of the Colorado Constitution, commonly known as the Equal Rights Amendment. The court therefore dismissed an information filed January 15, 1973, charging defendantappellee with felony-nonsupport of his three children during a period of time…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Frontiero v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by27 opinions
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