Legal Opinion
Dempsey v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 27, 2005No. 04SC362PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice BENDER concurs in part and dissents in part.
Justice MARTINEZ does not participate.
KOURLIS, Justice.
Matthew C. Dempsey petitions for relief from the order of the district court acting as an appellate court, sustaining his convictions in Boulder County Court for disrupting lawful assembly and obstructing a peace officer. The charges arose out of accusations that Dempsey had disrupted an election campaign rally and hindered the officers’ attempt to issue him a summons for the disturbance. Dempsey appealed the denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal to the district court,…
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