Legal Opinion
People v. Opson
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided November 28, 1980No. 78-231PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERMAN, Judge.
Defendant appeals his jury trial convictions of second degree sexual assault and sexual assault on a child. We affirm.
According to trial testimony, on September 6, 1977, the victim, a twelve-year-old girl, was riding her bicycle down an alley. As she neared its end, a man approached her and asked her to help him find his dog. He asked her to look for it in a dark space between two buildings. While she did so, “he told [her] there was a spider crawling up [her] leg, so then he grabbed [her] arm and then he pulled her shorts over and stuck his finger up into [her vagina].” By her…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Iannelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Gore v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by9 opinions
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