Legal Opinion
Bell v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided August 22, 1967No. 23082PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McWilliams
Michael John Bell, who will hereinafter be referred to as the defendant, was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree and the jury fixed his punishment at death. Upon review by writ of error this court thereafter affirmed the aforementioned judgment and sentence. Bell v. People, 158 Colo. 146, 406 P.2d 681.
A short time before he was scheduled to be executed, the defendant filed with the trial court a motion for post-conviction relief under Colo. R. Crim. P. 35. In this motion the defendant asked that the judgment and sentence be set aside for a variety of reasons. The trial court…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Shank v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1926
- Jones v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1882
- Hillen v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1915
- Demato v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1910
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Michael John Bell v. Wayne K. PattersonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- Sylvester Lee Garrison v. Wayne Patterson, Warden, Colorado State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
- Bell v. PattersonDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1968
- Nowels v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1968