Legal Opinion

People v. Thatcher

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided December 21, 1981No. 79SA390PublishedCited by 71 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DUBOFSKY, Justice.

The defendant Robert Floyd Thatcher appeals his conviction in the district court of San Miguel County of first-degree sexual assault under section 18-3-402(l)(b), C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8). 1 We affirm the judgment of conviction.

On the evening of Friday, July 8, 1977, the victim and her two-year-old daughter were alone in a tent in which they were living outside of Telluride. The victim’s husband had gone into town at about 8:00 p. m. About midnight, while the victim was reading by the light of a Coleman lantern, she heard noises outside the tent. Soon thereafter, a man…

2Cases cited48 opinions

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  5. United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by71 opinions

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