Legal Opinion

People v. Medina

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided May 13, 1974No. 25413PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hodges

Defendant was charged with robbing an antique shop. He entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the alleged robbery. After trial to a jury, the defendant was found to have been sane at the time of the offense. At this trial, which will be referred to herein as Trial No. 1, the jury also returned a verdict of sane at the time of trial because, the defendant also claimed that he had become insane since the date of the offense.

Several weeks after Trial No. 1, the defendant filed a petition of present insanity pursuant to C.R.S. 1963, 39-8-6(4)(a).…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. People v. ColeMichigan Supreme Court · 1969
  2. Leick v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1958
  3. Reed v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1970
  4. Easton Ray McKenzie v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1959
  5. Maes v. District Court, City & County of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1972

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Dunlap v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2007
  2. People v. RenfrowSupreme Court of Colorado · 1977
  3. People v. GilesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1976
  4. State v. LaamanSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1974
  5. People v. TallyColorado Court of Appeals · 2000

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