Legal Opinion
People v. Derrera
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided July 18, 1983No. 82SA244PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEIGHBORS, Justice.
The defendant appeals the judgment entered by the district court after the jury found him guilty of attempted robbery 1 and attempted second-degree sexual assault. 2
The defendant urges the following grounds for reversal of his convictions: (1) The instructions given to the jury were defective. (2) A prior felony conviction obtained in violation of Crim.P. 11 was improperly admitted into evidence to impeach the defendant when he testified. (3) The prior felony conviction is based upon an unconstitutional statute. (4) The evidence was insufficient to support the convictions.…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- People v. BennettSupreme Court of Colorado · 1973
- Clyde L. Schaffer and James H. Devenny v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Hartzel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Kogan v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- People v. MozeeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
- State v. HarmonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1986
- Chambers v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
- People v. ThomasSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
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