Legal Opinion

People v. DeWitt

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided September 15, 2011No. 10CA1271PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge LOEB.

Defendant, John Raymond DeWitt, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of two counts of possession of a weapon by a previous offender (POWPO), pursuant to section 18-12-108(1), C.R.S.2011. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

I. Background

On the morning of September 18, 2009, defendant walked from his apartment to a nearby King Soopers to buy groceries He paid at a self-checkout cash register, and when he did not receive discounts on certain items, he went to the customer service counter to demand a refund. Defendant yelled at the…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Cummings v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  3. People v. GutierrezSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
  4. People v. BlueSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
  5. Hinojos-Mendoza v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2007

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3Cited by23 opinions

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