Legal Opinion

People v. Hill

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided May 19, 1947No. 15,803PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burke

Defendant in error, hereinafter referred to as Hill, entered his plea of guilty to a charge of aggravated robbery and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life, no minimum being fixed. It developed that at the time of the commission of the crime he was associated with one Ives, who, in Case No. 29886 in the same court was tried and convicted of murder. Ives received a death sentence and was executed. The curious may find the history of that association in the Ives case. Ives v. People, 86 Colo. 141, 278 Pac. 792. Hence the trial court ordered that the evidence in the Ives case be considered…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. O'Day v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1946
  2. Gabriel v. Board of RegentsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1928
  3. Ives v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1929
  4. People Ex Rel. Best v. District CourtSupreme Court of Colorado · 1946
  5. Smith v. BestSupreme Court of Colorado · 1946

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Smith v. JohnsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
  2. People v. McFarlandSupreme Court of Colorado · 1977
  3. Villalon v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1961
  4. People v. MaestasSupreme Court of Colorado · 1978
  5. People v. MaestasSupreme Court of Colorado · 1978

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