Legal Opinion
Lawson v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 15, 1917No. 8730PublishedCited by 7 opinions
Error to Las Animas District Court, Hon. Granby Hillyer, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hill
Upon February 15, 1915, the then Attorney General filed an information in the District Court of Las Animas County in which the plaintiff in error, John R. Lawson (hereafter called the defendant), and several others, were charged with the murder of one John Nimmo. The defendant was granted a separate trial, and on May 3, 1915, a jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree, and fixed the punishment at imprisonment for life.
There are two hundred twenty-seven assignments of error; many of which are argued at length in the briefs. The present Attorney General has filed a confession of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Erbaugh v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1914
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