Legal Opinion
People v. Laeke
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided February 27, 2012No. 10SC151PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bender
T1 In this appeal, we review the court of appeals opinion in People v. Laeke, --- P.3d -- (Colo.App.2010). That court held that when the prosecution has conceded that the defendant was insane at the time of the commission of the offense, a defendant has a statutory right under Colorado's insanity statutes to a jury trial on both the merits and the affirmative defense of insanity. The court of appeals further held that a defendant's constitutional rights are violated when a judgment of not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) is entered without a trial.
12 After reviewing Colorado's insanity…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. GaudinSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Vigil v. FranklinSupreme Court of Colorado · 2004
- People v. TerrySupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
- Martin v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2001
- Martinez v. Continental EnterprisesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Cain v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2014
- People v. MarkoColorado Court of Appeals · 2015
- Kieckhafer v. Industrial Claim Appeals OfficeColorado Court of Appeals · 2012
- People v. WilburnSupreme Court of Colorado · 2012
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