BUSTAMANTE v. PEOPLE

No. 18151.

317 P.2d 885 (1957)

Ed BUSTAMANTE, Plaintiff in Error, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

November 4, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmel A. Garlutzo, Trinidad, for plaintiff in error.

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


SUTTON, Justice.

Plaintiff in error, County Clerk of Las Animas County, Colorado, to whom we shall refer herein as defendant, was convicted, as County Clerk of having embezzled on or about January 2, 1954, funds of said county in the amount of $888.40. Defendant, as County Clerk of Las Animas County, had previously been convicted by a jury of embezzling $1,689 of said county's funds between May 24, 1953, and October 19, 1954. This latter conviction was reversed on...

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