Legal Opinion

Kolkman v. People

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided May 11, 1931No. 12,651Published

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Alter

John Kolkman, Roy Kolkman, J. B. Morrison and William Morrison, fathers and sons respectively, were jointly charged with the crime of grand larceny. The court granted the Morrisons a separate trial. Upon the trial of the Kolkmans, John was convicted and sentence pronounced, while the jury failed to agree upon a verdict as to Roy. John Kolkman, who will hereinafter he referred to either by name or as defendant, prosecutes this writ, seeking a reversal because of two alleged errors occurring during- the proceedings, i. e., (1) Refusal of the trial court to grant his motion for a.separate trial;…

2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. Calder v. BullSupreme Court of the United States · 1798
  3. Hopt v. People of Territory of UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  4. Beazell v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  5. Cummings v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1867

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