Introducing ATLASLearn more
Legal Opinion

People v. Villanueva

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided May 5, 2016No. Court of Appeals No. 14CA1220PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

JUDGE HARRIS

{1 In September 2005, Martin Villanueva was arrested for the murder of Benjamin Garcia-Diaz. The police and prosecutors maintained that Villanueva shot Garcia-Diaz, who was a. drug dealer in Villanueva's cocaine operation, because, in late 2004, CGarcia-Diaz had been arrested, $80,000 worth of Villa-nueva's drugs had been seized, and Garcia-Diaz was poised to cooperate with pohce In fact, when Garcia-Diaz had failed to appear for his arraignment in March 2005, his lawyer, Charles Elliot, told the prosecutor that he presumed his client was the victim of a "drug related"…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Mickens v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2002

29 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Peo v. HugginsColorado Court of Appeals · 2019
  2. State v. MoyerSupreme Court of Kansas · 2019
  3. State v. MoyerSupreme Court of Kansas · 2019

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

View API DocsGet API Key

Powered by the Exa API