Legal Opinion
Silva v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided October 25, 1965No. 21484PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Pringle
The plaintiff in error, Richard Warren Silva, brings writ of error here from a conviction of the crime of felonious escape. He will be referred to as the defendant, or by name.
The evidence showed that on September 11, 1961, Silva was sentenced on two separate convictions of burglary, the court imposing a sentence in the state penitentiary of three to five years on one conviction, and of two to five years on the other. It was ordered that the two sentences run consecutively. Silva entered, the prison on October 11, 1961. On July 28, 1963, while assigned to the Medium Security Division of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. TompkinsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
- Trueblood v. TinsleySupreme Court of Colorado · 1961
- State v. BoldsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1952
- Woods v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1957
- Berry v. State Board of ParoleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1961
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Hampton v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1970
- People v. ManierSupreme Court of Colorado · 1974
- Gallegos v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1966
- Edward A. Gregory v. Fred Wyse, Warden, Colorado State Penitentiary, Reverend John David Conti v. Fred Wyse, Warden, Colorado State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
- Simms v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1971
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