Legal Opinion
People v. Loscutoff
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided March 28, 1983No. 81SA22PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HODGES, Chief Justice.
The defendant Loscutoff was found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder. 1 On appeal, he urges reversal on the basis of seven claims of error. We affirm.
The defendant shared a house in Duran-go, Colorado, with three women, including the victim and her son. One of these women testified at trial that three or four weeks before the homicide she overheard the victim tell defendant she wanted him to move out of the house because he was endangering the continued custody of her son. The defendant responded with threats to the victim.
On the day before the homicide the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- People v. BartowsheskiSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
- People v. BothamSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
- People v. RaffaelliSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
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3Cited by39 opinions
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