HARDY v. PEOPLE

No. 17621.

292 P.2d 973 (1956)

John Robert HARDY, Plaintiff in Error, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

January 30, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward C. Hastings, Eads, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., John B. Barnard, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.


ALTER, Chief Justice.

John Robert Hardy was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to a life term in the penitentiary. He is here by writ of error seeking a reversal of the judgment.

The evidence discloses that at about 10 o'clock on the night of November 26, 1953, defendant shot one Arthur Kautz with a shotgun, resulting in immediate death. At defendant's request, one of his minor children called the sheriff, who came to the scene of the shooting...

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