Legal Opinion

Martinez v. People

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided June 24, 1963No. 20560PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Frantz

Plaintiffs in error were found guilty of forcible rape, statutory rape, and kidnapping upon their pleas of guilty to these charges. The trial court imposed sen tences immediately after the entry of the pleas and the taking of evidence. It imposed sentences of not less than 20 nor more than 30 years on the counts of forcible rape and statutory rape, such sentences “to run concurrently.” On the count charging kidnapping, the court imposed a sentence of not less than 5 years nor more than 10 years, such sentence to run concurrently with the other sentences. Later the court permitted the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Vanderhoof v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1963
  2. State v. SewellSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1943
  3. The People v. CooperIllinois Supreme Court · 1937

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State v. SiscoSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
  2. People v. RandolphSupreme Court of Colorado · 1971
  3. People v. MunizSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
  4. People v. ColosaccoSupreme Court of Colorado · 1972
  5. People v. MasonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1971

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