DOWNEY v. PEOPLE

No. 16164.

215 P.2d 892 (1950)

121 Colo. 307

DOWNEY v. PEOPLE.

Supreme Court of Colorado, en Banc.

February 20, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Long, Hyman & Calkins, Denver, for plaintiff in error.

John W. Metzger, Atty. Gen., Joseph E. Newman, Deputy Atty. Gen., Raymond B. Danks, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.


MOORE, Justice.

David Albert Downey, the defendant in the lower court and to whom we hereinafter refer as defendant, or by name, was charged by information filed in the district court of El Paso county on July 28, 1947, with having "feloniously, wilfully and of his malice aforethought" killed and murdered one Lolly Lila Downey. Defendant entered a plea of not guilty and the cause came on for trial October 7, 1947. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in...

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