Elstun v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bock
This case was tried jointly with Grandbouche v. People, 104 Colo. 175, 89 P. (2d), 577, and is before us on the record filed in that case. The assignment of errors are substantially the same as in the Grandbouehe case, with two exceptions, and our holdings therein need not be repeated here, and there is no occasion for again reciting* the facts.
Elstun was found guilty on only the second count— conspiring to commit false pretenses. He was found not guilty on the fourth and fifth counts, which charged conspiracy to commit a confidence game and cheating* and swindling.
The guilt of Elstun on the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Grandbouche v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1939
- Koontz v. the PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1927
- Crane v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1932
- Gilligan v. BlakesleySupreme Court of Colorado · 1933
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3Cited by4 opinions
- People v. FryeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1995
- State v. RollerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1959
- Starr v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1945
- People v. McCoyColorado Court of Appeals · 1996