ARMSTRONG v. PEOPLE

Supreme Court Case No. 13SC945.

395 P.3d 748 (2017)

2017 CO 51

Cheryl ARMSTRONG, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

May 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioner: MS&M Law Office, Nicole M. Mooney , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondent: Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General, Patricia R. Van Horn , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Joseph G. Michaels , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado.

Attorney for Amicus Curiae Colorado Criminal Defense Bar: Philip A. Cherner , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Colorado Juvenile Defender Center, Center for Children's Law and Policy, Coalition for Juvenile Justice, National Center for Youth Law, and Youth Law Center: Juvenile Law Center, Marsha Levick , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Colorado Juvenile Defender Center, Kim Dvorchak , Denver, Colorado.

En Banc.


¶ 1 In 1995, a jury convicted Cheryl Armstrong of two counts of second-degree murder under a complicity theory. Armstrong was sixteen at the time of the charged offenses, and she was tried as an adult. The trial court sentenced her to forty-eight years in prison on each count, to be served consecutively...

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