Legal Opinion

People v. Lewis

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided February 13, 1973No. 25124PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Pringle

Defendant, Cliff Alvin Lewis, was convicted of breaking and entering a store in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, with intent to commit the crime of theft, in violation of 1967 Perm. Supp., C.R.S. 1963, 40-3-5. Defendant maintains that his conviction requires reversal on several grounds: (1) the prosecutor’s cross-examination of two of defendant’s five alibi witnesses was improper; (2) one of the jurors who convicted the defendant served in violation of C.R.S. 1963, 78-1-1; (3) the theft statute, 1967 Perm. Supp., C.R.S. 1963, 40-5-2 is unconstitutionally vague; (4) the trial court erred in…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. People v. PerezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Howe v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1972
  3. Maisel v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1968
  4. Moore v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1970
  5. Brown v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1894

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. United States v. Herman Tyrone HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
  2. People v. GutierrezSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
  3. People v. DrakeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
  4. People v. RussoSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
  5. State v. HafnerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975

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