Moore v. People

This writ of error is brought by James Moore, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, from his conviction for first degree murder. In the early morning hours of January 12, 1968, the dead body of Fannie Irene Shirley was found slumped against the inner wall of the front porch of the building which served as her residence and as the office of a trailer court in the Colorado Springs area. She died of a gunshot wound in the abdomen. The defendant was identified by several witnesses as being near the scene of the crime around the time when it was committed.

At the scene of the crime was found a…