DePineda v. Price

Manuel Sesario DePineda, appearing pro se, appeals from the orders of the Fremont County District Court dismissing his petitions for habeas corpus relief. His sole claim on this appeal is that his conviction for first-degree murder is void for want of jurisdiction because the evidence presented at trial established that the crime took place entirely in Adams County and because he was tried in the City and County of Denver by the Denver District Attorney’s Office. 1 We affirm the district court’s denial of relief.

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In 1989, a jury convicted DePineda of first-degree murder based on his…