Legal Opinion
People v. Ashton
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided August 12, 1982No. 80CA0017PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERMAN, Judge.
Defendant, Frank Deroy Ashton, appeals a jury verdict finding him guilty of two counts of first degree murder and two counts of body abuse. We affirm.
In the spring of 1978 an employee of the Colorado Division of Wildlife observed a pickup truck with Montana license plates at Haystack Rock in Dinosaur National Park. He also observed some litter and broken shrubbery. Investigating the area, and intending to speak to the driver of the truck about the litter, the employee looked over the cliff to see if anything had been thrown in the canyon below. He observed what appeared to be a…
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