Legal Opinion

People v. Silvola

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided March 15, 1976No. 26013PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hodges

R. George Silvola was found guilty by a jury of one count of conspiracy to commit theft, five counts of theft-receiving, and one count of theft. The trial court ordered that the sentences imposed on the theft counts be served concurrently.

On this appeal, the defendant advances over ten contentions of error. None have merit as to the convictions on count one (conspiracy), count six (theft-receiving), and count seven (theft), and we therefore affirm the trial court’s judgments on these counts. We reverse the convictions on counts two, three, four and five because of insufficiency of evidence to…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Denver Tramway Co. v. OwensSupreme Court of Colorado · 1894
  2. People v. JonesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1974
  3. Fearnley v. FearnleySupreme Court of Colorado · 1908
  4. People v. IngersollSupreme Court of Colorado · 1973
  5. Skeels v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1961

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. People v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Colorado · 1996
  2. Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  3. People v. MacRanderSupreme Court of Colorado · 1992
  4. People v. McCrarySupreme Court of Colorado · 1976
  5. People v. RussoSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986

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