Legal Opinion
Key v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided January 31, 1986No. 84SC96PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERICKSON, Justice.
Kipling Key, the defendant, was convicted of first-degree murder1 in the El Paso County District Court. The court of appeals affirmed. People v. Key, 680 P.2d 1313 (Colo.App.1984). The court held that *320although one of the trial court’s jury instructions defining “after deliberation” was erroneous, the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. We granted cer-tiorari and now affirm.
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Key was charged with the first-degree murder of James Shadday. Key admitted that he killed Shadday but maintained at trial that he acted in a hasty and impulsive manner in a fight with Shadday.2
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- People v. BartowsheskiSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
- People v. MattasSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
- People v. SneedSupreme Court of Colorado · 1973
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3Cited by31 opinions
- People v. DunlapSupreme Court of Colorado · 1999
- People v. HarlanSupreme Court of Colorado · 2000
- Leonardo v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
- People v. Cevallos-AcostaColorado Court of Appeals · 2005
- People v. CaldwellColorado Court of Appeals · 2001
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