Legal Opinion

People v. Tidwell

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided August 15, 1985No. 83CA1376PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STERNBERG, Judge.

The defendant, Ann Rose Tidwell, was convicted of second degree forgery. The only issue at trial was identity. A sales clerk who accepted the forged instrument, a check, identified the defendant as the individual who presented it. On appeal, the defendant contends that the trial court erred in not allowing a witness to testify as an expert concerning questioned document examination, and in its admission of evidence of similar transactions. We affirm. We find no error in the trial court’s refusal to allow the proffered witness to testify as an expert.

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Stull v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1959
  2. People v. HoneySupreme Court of Colorado · 1979
  3. People v. GladneySupreme Court of Colorado · 1977
  4. White v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1971
  5. People v. WhiteColorado Court of Appeals · 1984

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
  2. People v. DouglasColorado Court of Appeals · 2015
  3. People v. WilliamsColorado Court of Appeals · 1988
  4. State v. LivanosCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1986
  5. People v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990

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