Legal Opinion
People v. Merchant
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided January 7, 1999No. 97CA0599PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge CASEBOLT.
Defendant, Thomas P. Merchant, appeals the judgment of conviction and the sentence entered upon verdicts finding him guilty of theft and four habitual criminal counts. We affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand for further proceedings.
Defendant offered to sell the victim’s ear for her. After she gave him the title to the vehicle, he sold it, but failed to pay her the proceeds.
The habitual criminal counts against defendant were based on felony convictions sustained in the following four cases: (1) case number 83CR68, in which judgment had entered on October 17,…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- People v. TerrySupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
- People v. WiedemerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1993
- Jones v. CoxSupreme Court of Colorado · 1992
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- People v. VillaColorado Court of Appeals · 2009
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