Legal Opinion
Walker v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided August 25, 1969No. 22774PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
This writ of error is to the trial court’s denial of a motion under Colo. R. Crim. P. 35(b) to set aside the conviction of the defendant, Joe Sam Walker. He was found guilty of second degree murder in 1949 and was sentenced to a term of 80 years to life. His conviction was upheld by this court in Walker v. People, 126 Colo. *469135, 248 P.2d 287. We will refer to that decision as first Walker.
On June 10, 1965, Walker filed a motion which is now the subject matter of this review. He alleged, among a number of contentions in his motion, that he had been denied a fair and impartial trial by…
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