Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Faulk v. District Court of the Eleventh Judicial District of Colorado

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided August 22, 1983No. 83SA231PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

QUINN, Justice.

In this original proceeding the People seek an order requiring the respondent court to sequester a jury in a first degree murder trial and another order prohibiting the court from admitting into evidence at trial the deposition testimony of a defense witness. We issued a rule to show cause and now make the rule absolute.

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A brief review of this case is necessary in order to place the issues in proper focus. Mary Williams, the defendant in the pending trial, is charged with first degree murder after deliberation,1 committed against her late husband, Clint Williams, on January 27,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Barber v. PageSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. United States v. Rony MannCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
  3. People v. MadsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
  4. United States v. Perry Russell TunnellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  5. People v. HinesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1977

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. People v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Colorado · 1996
  2. Stack v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. Jones v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
  4. People v. RhodusSupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
  5. Williams v. Collins Communications, Inc.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1986

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