Legal Opinion

Claxton v. People

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided May 31, 1927No. 11,865PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Whiteord

The defendant, plaintiff in error here, was convicted on an information of two counts charging him with a second violation of the intoxicating liquor law, for (1) having and keeping in possession; (2) unlawfully selling intoxicating liquor to one Goddard, who was a federal prohibition officer. The defendant was sentenced to not less than one and not more than three years in the peni-, tentiary, and the case is now before us on application for writ of supersedeas.

There is no question raised as to the sufficiency of the' first conviction, nor is the unlawful possession or the sale and delivery…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Board of Commissioners of Excise v. BackusNew York Supreme Court · 1864

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. O'BRIEN v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1931
  2. Gonzales v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1969

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