Legal Opinion
People v. Gandiaga
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided November 7, 2002No. 01CA0791PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge DAILEY.
Defendant, Carlos Gandiaga, appeals from the trial court's order denying his Crim. P. 35(c) motion to vacate his convictions for attempted first degree murder and second degree kidnapping. We affirm.
The evidence presented at trial revealed that, at the behest of a reputed drug lord, defendant and two other men kidnapped the victim and drove him to a remote spot in the mountains. There, defendant and his cohorts got out of the car, which defendant had left running with the key in the ignition. Defendant ordered one of the men to kill the victim, and the man put a rifle…
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