Legal Opinion

Moeller v. People

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided June 6, 1921No. 10,002PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Plaintiffs in error were convicted of robbery and assault. On Application for Supersedeas. Error to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Hon. Samuel W. Johnson, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Denison

The plaintiffs in error move for a supersedeas.

They were convicted on similar informations, — each information contained two counts, first robbery with a deadly weapon and second, assault with intent to murder. Their cases were tried as one. They were convicted on both counts; of robbery without a deadly weapon and assault to do great bodily harm, and were sentenced to not less than four years.

The crime grew out of the Tramway strike in 1920. The plaintiffs in error were of a party of six strikers who robbed a street car conductor at Fairmount cemetery, beat him and the motorman into…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Martin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
  2. Hillen v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1915
  3. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  4. State v. WhiteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
  5. State v. . WhiteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1905

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Leick v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1958
  2. Gallegos v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1965
  3. Cowles v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1940
  4. Laminack v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
  5. Wilkins v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1922

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