Legal Opinion

People v. Rivers

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided November 21, 2002No. 00CA2275PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge GRAHAM.

Defendant, Keith Rivers, appeals the judg— ment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of first degree murder after deliberation. We affirm.

The victim was shot to death outside a tavern. Based on initial information, the police obtained an arrest warrant for L.D.D. However, further investigation implicated defendant, and he was charged with first degree murder after deliberation.

Two eyewitnesses, who testified at trial, positively identified defendant as the shooter, and the police investigation established that the murder weapon was a .25 caliber…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. United States v. WellsSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  2. People v. SpotoSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
  3. People v. CzemerynskiSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
  4. People v. RathSupreme Court of Colorado · 2002
  5. People v. SchwartzSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  5. People v. JuarezColorado Court of Appeals · 2011

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