People v. Morgan

This is an appeal by the district attorney for the Twenty-Second Judicial District from the trial court’s order dismissing felony theft and conspiracy charges against the defendant, Thomas Morgan. 1 The People seek review of the trial court’s ruling that Morgan’s conviction in Navajo District Court for receiving stolen property bars prosecution on Colorado charges of theft and conspiracy because of the double jeopardy statute, § 18-1-303, 8B C.R.S. (1986), where all the charges arose out of the same set of facts. We affirm.

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