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People v. Shearer

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided April 16, 1973No. 25175PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Erickson

On December 4, 1948, a furniture store was robbed and the proprietor, Max Perotin, was murdered. William Shearer was arrested by the police, confessed, and was charged with first-degree murder. He was seventeen years old at the time, and he was indigent. The court appointed an experienced and well-known Denver lawyer to represent him. The lawyer who defended Shearer is now dead. This post-conviction proceeding which is before us for review was initiated more than twenty years after Shearer was convicted.

Shearer entered a plea of not guilty and was tried before a jury. He was convicted by a…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  4. Lego v. TwomeySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Britt v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. People v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Colorado · 1996
  2. People v. WiedemerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1993
  3. People v. McCrarySupreme Court of Colorado · 1976
  4. Dodge v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
  5. People v. ShellSupreme Court of Colorado · 2006

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