Legal Opinion

People v. Blecha

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided July 28, 1997No. 94CA1097PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge ROY.

Defendant, Clifton Blecha, appeals a judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. He also challenges the terms of the sentence as set out in the mittimus. We affirm the conviction but remand for further findings and correction of the mittimus.

The staff of the Limón Correctional Facility discovered the body of an inmate who had died of strangulation in his cell. Following an investigation defendant was charged, along with two other inmates, with first degree murder and conspiracy to commit first…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. People v. CurtisSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
  4. People v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Colorado · 1996
  5. People v. CzemerynskiSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Blecha v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1998
  2. People v. PhillipsColorado Court of Appeals · 2012
  3. People v. JimenezColorado Court of Appeals · 2008
  4. People v. WhitleyColorado Court of Appeals · 2000
  5. People v. ValdezColorado Court of Appeals · 2017

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