MONTOYA v. PEOPLE

No. 18990.

345 P.2d 1062 (1959)

William E. MONTOYA, Plaintiff in Error, v. PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 9, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter L. Gerash, Denver, Karl C. Falch, Sterling, for plaintiff in error.

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

Edwin M. Sears, Marvin Dansky, Denver, amici curiae.


KNAUSS, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff in error, herein referred to as defendant, was convicted and sentenced in the Logan County District Court for the crime of simple robbery. He brings the case here on writ of error assigning two principal grounds for reversal, to-wit:

1. That the trial court erred in refusing to quash the panel of jurors because "persons having Spanish-sounding names were systematically excluded from service on the petit jury, although there...

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