Legal Opinion

People v. VALASQUEZ

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided July 18, 1983No. 82SA352PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

QUINN, Justice.

The People appeal 1 from a judgment of dismissal entered at the conclusion of the trial evidence. The trial court granted the motion of the defendant, Richard Velasquez, to dismiss the charge of possession of a marihuana concentrate, namely hashish, section 18-18-106(4)(b)(I), C.R.S.1973 (1982 Supp.), on the ground that the conduct proscribed by this class 5 felony offense is indistinguishable from the conduct proscribed by the class 2 petty offense of possession of “not more than one ounce of marihuana,” section 18-18-106(1), C.R.S. 1973 (1982 Supp.), and that, therefore, the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. People v. MarcySupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
  2. People v. TaggartSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
  3. Heninger v. CharnesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
  4. People v. BramlettSupreme Court of Colorado · 1977
  5. People v. CzajkowskiSupreme Court of Colorado · 1977

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3Cited by34 opinions

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