Legal Opinion
Spencer v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 26, 1967No. 21997PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pringle
Harvey J. Spencer was arrested, tried and found guilty of burglary and larceny. These charges arose out of the burglary of the Fountain-Fort Carson High School in Fountain, Colorado, on the night of October 7, 1964. The plaintiff in error will be referred to as the defendant, and the defendant in error will be referred to as the People.
The information charged that the defendant broke into the school, pried open the door of the school vault, pried open the safe which was in the vault, and stole a 16 millimeter movie camera and more than $600.
The defendant raises three alleged errors in asking…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- People v. GorgCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
- Hernandez v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1963
- Richard W. Burge v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
- The People v. SwiftIllinois Supreme Court · 1925
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