Legal Opinion
Jordan v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided October 31, 1966No. 21479PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pringle
Plaintiff in error, Joe Jordan, was found guilty by a jury of taking indecent liberties with his step-daughter. He was sentenced to an indeterminate term of from one day to life in the State Penitentiary. He brings writ of error, seeking to reverse the judgment of the trial court. We will refer to the plaintiff in error as defendant, or by name, and to the defendant in error as the People.
The defendant enumerates several alleged errors which he contends require reversal. They are as follows:
1. That the defendant’s confession was involuntary and that it was prejudicial error to admit it into…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by40 opinions
- People v. RaffaelliSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
- Lancaster v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
- Marn v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1971
- People v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Colorado · 1976
- Simms v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1971
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