Legal Opinion

People v. Vieyra

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided April 5, 2007No. 05CA0958PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge ROMAN.

Defendant, David A. Vieyra, II, appeals from the trial court's order denying his Crim. P. 35(c) motion for postconviction relief. We affirm.

In November 1993, defendant fatally shot the victim in his home after ringing the doorbell and confronting the victim's wife with a gun. Defendant fled the scene. However, the victim's wife was a witness to the shooting and described her husband's assailant to the police.

Acting on information about the shooting, the police followed defendant's car and eventually detained him when he ran a red light. Defendant was cooperative and…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Miller-El v. DretkeSupreme Court of the United States · 2005

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3Cited by12 opinions

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  5. People v. LuceroColorado Court of Appeals · 2014

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