Legal Opinion
People v. Marcy
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided March 9, 1981No. 80SA303PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Justice.
This appeal challenges the constitutionality of subsection (l)(d) of the first degree murder statute, section 18-3-102, C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8), which is commonly referred to as “extreme indifference murder.” Ellsworth Fain Marcy (defendant) asserts that his conviction of first degree murder by extreme indifference under section 18-3-102(l)(d) violates equal protection of the laws, U. S. Const. Amend. XIV; Colo. Const. Art. II, Sec. 25, because that crime is not rationally distinguishable from either second degree murder, section 18-3-103(l)(a), C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.…
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