Legal Opinion

People v. Corson

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided January 17, 2013No. 11CA0241PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by Judge LICHTENSTEIN.

¶ 1 Defendant, David Will Corson, appeals the district court's order denying his Crim. P. 35(c) motion for postconviction relief which alleged that the nondisclosure of the complaining witness's juvenile adjudications rendered his plea invalid and his counsel ineffective. We conclude that because juvenile adjudications in a prosecution witness's criminal history are discoverable and must be disclosed as part of the prosecution's discovery obligations, the court must reevaluate Corson's motion. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. BuenoColorado Court of Appeals · 2013

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