SPENCER v. PEOPLE

No. 17791.

292 P.2d 971 (1956)

Lloyd O. SPENCER, Jr., Plaintiff in Error, v. The PEOPLE, in the Interest of Virginia Louise SPENCER, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

January 30, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seavy & Seavy, Pueblo, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Norman H. Comstock, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.


HOLLAND, Justice.

This is a statutory proceeding on a petition charging plaintiff in error, respondent in the trial court, with contributing to juvenile delinquency. Such proceedings require strict adherence to the applicable statutes.

There must first be a delinquent minor before there could be a contribution to such delinquency. The legislature is empowered with the right to define a "delinquent child." Such definition has been made and is to be found in...

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