Legal Opinion

Howard-Walker v. People

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided July 1, 2019No. 17SC595, HowardPublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JUSTICE HOOD delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶1 Two men, one carrying what seemed to be a gun, broke into an unoccupied Colorado Springs home and stole roughly $8,000 in cash and other valuables from a safe in a bedroom closet. As it happens, the homeowner had a motion-activated camera in his alarm clock. The camera captured the burglary, albeit on grainy footage.

¶2 The homeowner, who owned a video-editing business, enhanced that footage and then shared it with local television news stations, along with an offer of a reward for the "conviction" of the burglars. When the video aired on the…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Davis v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  4. United States v. Gonzalez-LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  5. Weaver v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 2017

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Colorado · 2020
  2. v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2020
  3. v. VialpandoColorado Court of Appeals · 2020
  4. Peo v. MartinezColorado Court of Appeals · 2020
  5. v. ThamesColorado Court of Appeals · 2019

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