Legal Opinion
People v. Botham
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 8, 1981No. 27525PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERICKSON, Justice.
The defendant-appellant, Kenneth Bot-ham, Jr., was charged with the first-degree murders of his wife, Patricia Botham, his neighbor, Linda Miracle, and her two sons, Chad and Troy Miracle. A jury found the defendant guilty of first-degree murder of Patricia Botham, and also returned verdicts finding the defendant guilty of three counts of second-degree murder for the deaths of Linda, Chad, and Troy Miracle. 1 The trial court sentenced the defendant to three consecutive terms of 20-30 years on the second-degree murder convictions, and to death for the first-degree murder…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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3Cited by109 opinions
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