Legal Opinion

People v. Pearson

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided March 8, 1976No. 26250PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hodges

Defendant Pearson was found guilty by a jury of first-degree murder 1 and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The allegations of error which the defendant asserts in this appeal have no merit as a basis for reversal of his conviction. We therefore affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The following facts are undisputed. In responding to a missing persons report on John Henry, Northglenn police officers found him stabbed to death in his apartment'. His nude body was tied to a chair. The officers sent out a teletype description on the victim’s truck which was missing from his residence.…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Oregon v. HassSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Brown v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HasonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  2. People v. McCrarySupreme Court of Colorado · 1976
  3. People v. SepedaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1978
  4. People v. ThorpeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
  5. Cloman v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1978

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