Legal Opinion

People v. Lopez

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided December 28, 1979No. 77-905PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ENOCH, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of first degree assault. We affirm.

Defendant first contends that the court erred in not suppressing the in-court identification of the defendant by the prosecution’s two main witnesses. His argument is based on the premise that a pre-trial photo-identification procedure was illegal or suggestive and that the prosecution failed to prove that the in-court identification was in no way influenced by the improper identification procedure. We agree with the principles of law relied on by defendant, but find no error in the court’s…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Hughley v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1978
  4. Villafranca v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1978
  5. People v. JonesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1976

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People v. OpsonColorado Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. People v. RoybalColorado Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. People v. GordonColorado Court of Appeals · 1980
  4. People v. HodgeColorado Court of Appeals · 1981

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