Johnson v. People

358 P.2d 873 (1961)

Vernon Lincoln JOHNSON, Plaintiff in Error,

v.

PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

No. 19329.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

January 23, 1961.

Dickerson, Morrissey & Dwyer, H. Malcolm Mackay, Michael F. Morrissey, Denver, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Robert G. Pierce, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

MOORE, Justice.

In the first count of an information filed in the trial court, plaintiff in error, to whom we will refer as defendant, was accused of first degree murder in that he, allegedly, did

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