JONES v. PEOPLE

No. 19251.

360 P.2d 686 (1961)

La Vern Jackie JONES, Plaintiff in Error, v. PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied April 10, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rexford L. Mitchell, Rocky Ford, Armand L. Forbes, Fowler, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., J. F. Brauer, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.


FRANTZ, Justice.

Jones was charged with the crime of murder, tried and found guilty by a jury which fixed the penalty at death. Sentence was imposed upon this verdict, and Jones seeks reversal by writ of error.

To informatively determine his assignments of error requires a recitation of the events actuating the formal charge laid against him, and certain proceedings which took place in the course of the trial.

On February 10, 1959 at about 9 o'clock...

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