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People v. Bowman

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided September 26, 1983No. 81SA557PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOHR, Justice.

The defendant, Melvin Bowman, appeals1 from his convictions of two counts each of first degree murder after deliberation,2 fel*1372ony murder by arson,3 and extreme indifference murder,4 and one count of first degree arson.5 After trial to a jury in the District Court for Arapahoe County, Bowman was found guilty of all charges and received six concurrent life sentences for the murder convictions and a sentence of twenty-five to thirty years for arson, also to run concurrently. Among numerous other assertions of error, the defendant challenges the limitations imposed by the trial…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Greene v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1959

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. People v. TriplettIllinois Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Merritt v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1992
  3. People v. SchwartzSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
  4. People v. JonesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
  5. People v. District Court in & for the City & County of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986

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