People v. McFarland

The motion by the Colorado State Public Defender to dismiss this appeal is granted. We feel we should make a few remarks to supplement this order.

In 1975 the defendant was found not guilty of first-degree murder by a jury. The then district attorney appealed alleged errors of law under section 16-12-102, C.R.S. 1973 to the Colorado Court of Appeals. We accepted jurisdiction of the matter. After the matter was at issue, the motion to dismiss was filed.

At least some of the grounds in the motion are meritorious. In a larger sense, we have reached the conclusion that the only thing really to be…