Legal Opinion · Concurrence

People v. Wentling

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided December 3, 2015No. Court of Appeals 12CA1423Published

1Concurrence

JUDGE J. JONES

specially concurring.

¶ 56 I concur in the majority opinion. I write separately, however, to address a question the majority leaves unanswered: did the district court err in failing to rule that, because defendant was prosecuted in Utah for unauthorized control over a motor vehicle, prosecuting him in Colorado for first degree criminal trespass is barred by section 18 — 1— 303, C.R.S.2015? The majority concludes that there was no plain error because any error — that is, any failure to construe the Utah and Colorado statutes at issue in the manner defendant suggests — was not…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. People v. SteppanIllinois Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Armintrout v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1993
  3. State v. PaceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1999
  4. People v. BeauchampIllinois Supreme Court · 2011
  5. People v. NibleCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1988

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