Legal Opinion

People v. Dunlap

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided March 8, 1999No. 96SA245PublishedCited by 137 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kourlis

Table of Contents *

I. Factual Background.733

II. The Constitutional and Statutory Sentencing Requirements.735

III. The Standard of Review.736

IV. Prosecution Evidence Introduced to Rebut Mitigating Factors.737

A. Background.737

*733B. Constitutional Law.739

C. Admissibility of Aggravating Evidence in Termeson Step Four.740

D. Admissibility of Relevant Evidence.741

E. Error Analysis .742

V. Inflammatory Evidence.743

A Tattoo Evidence.743

B. Victim Impact Evidence .744

C. Photographic Evidence.746

VI. Statutory Aggravators.747

A Doubling of Aggravators.747

B. Alleged Vagueness of Aggravators.749

1. Grave Risk of…

2Cases cited92 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946

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3Cited by137 opinions

  1. People v. MillerSupreme Court of Colorado · 2005
  2. People v. DavisCalifornia Supreme Court · 2009
  3. Domingo-Gomez v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2005
  4. People v. GarciaSupreme Court of Colorado · 2001
  5. State v. MaestasUtah Supreme Court · 2012

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