Legal Opinion

People v. Cardenas

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided November 18, 2002No. 02SA236Published

1Opinion of the Court

62 P.3d 621 (2002)

In re The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff,

v.

Benjamin CARDENAS, Defendant.

No. 02SA236.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

November 18, 2002.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 2003.[*]

Mark T. Adams, District Attorney R. Jason Richards, Deputy District Attorney Sterling, Colorado, for the Plaintiff.

Janet D. Zimmerman Sterling, Colorado, for Defendant.

JUSTICE RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This original proceeding under C.A.R. 21 arises out of a criminal case currently pending in Logan County Court. The issue is whether the state must appoint, at its own expense, an…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Matthews v. PriceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
  5. Rojem v. GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001

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