Legal Opinion
People v. Wood
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided January 22, 2019No. 16SC990, PeoplePublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUSTICE SAMOUR delivered the Opinion of the Court.
¶1 "Everything has to come to an end, sometime." L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz 182 (1904). Today, we hope to end this protracted habeas litigation and settle once and for all two questions that have plagued federal and state courts in Colorado for more than 12 years: Did Patrick Wood suffer simultaneous convictions for first-degree felony murder (a class 1 felony) and second-degree murder (a class 2 felony) in 1987 for the death of the same victim? And if so, what is the appropriate remedy?
¶2 In addressing Wood's double jeopardy…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Missouri v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- United States v. DixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Rutledge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
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3Cited by16 opinions
- v. BakerSupreme Court of Colorado · 2019
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- v. DenhartogColorado Court of Appeals · 2019
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