Legal Opinion
People v. Mendoza
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided May 10, 1976No. 27156PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Erickson
This is an appeal by the district attorney for the Second Judicial District on a question of law, pursuant to section 16-12-102, C.R.S. 1973. This appeal was taken after the district court dismissed felony assault charges against the defendant, Edward Robert Mendoza, on defense counsel’s plea of autrefois convict. We reverse and remand with directions that the charges be reinstated against the defendant in the district court.
The acts which brought about the charges against the defendant occurred in the early morning hours of March 22, 1975, at Joe’s Cave Bar in Denver. The defendant struck…
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- Curtis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1933
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