Legal Opinion
People v. Greenlee
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided January 20, 2009No. 08SC10PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rice
The People seek review of the court of appeals' decision in People v. Greenlee, No. 05CA1480, 2007 WL 3197200 (Colo.App. Nov. 1, 2007) (not selected for official publication), reversing the defendant's convictions for see-ond degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon and tampering with evidence. The court of appeals concluded that certain evidence, characterized as res gestae evidence, was improperly admitted at trial and that the error was not harmless.
We granted certiorari and now reverse. We hold that the defendant's statements about his plan to kill a woman and hide the body in a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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