Legal Opinion
People v. Scales
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided November 7, 1988No. 87SC256PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERICKSON, Justice.
We granted certiorari to review People v. Scales, 745 P.2d 259 (Colo.App.1987), which reversed and dismissed defendant Vernon Scales’s conviction for first-degree sexual assault. We reverse and remand with directions.
On February 14, 1985, Scales was charged with one count of first-degree sexual assault. § 18-3-402, 8B C.R.S. (1986). He entered a plea of not guilty on March 22,1985, and the court set the case for trial on August 12, 1985. On July 16, 1985, Philip Dubois, the public defender representing Scales, filed a motion to withdraw as counsel for Scales, stating that…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- People v. SchultheisSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
- Harrington v. DIST. CT. IN AND FOR COUNTY OF MORGANSupreme Court of Colorado · 1977
- People v. AndersonColorado Court of Appeals · 1982
- Gelfand v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1978
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3Cited by19 opinions
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