Roybal v. People

Felix Belramino Roybal was convicted in the district court of El Paso County of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm the conviction.

The record shows that at approximately 1:15 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, 1968, the body of Juan Antonio Archuleta was found near a construction shack in a field off the Airport Road in Colorado Springs. The deceased died from multiple gunshot wounds to the head, which were fired at short range from a .22 caliber firearm. The righthand pocket of the deceased’s trousers had been pulled out and the right rear pocket was partially pulled…