HAMMIL v. PEOPLE

No. 19377.

361 P.2d 117 (1961)

Walter J. HAMMIL, Plaintiff in Error, v. PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing May 1, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter F. Scherer, Harold A. MacArthur, Denver, 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.


DOYLE, Justice.

Plaintiff in error, who will be here referred to as defendant, was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. It will be sufficient for the purpose of this review to merely outline the essential facts surrounding the happenings which furnish the basis for the charge and it will be unnecessary to detail all of the shocking and sordid facts which appear in the record.

On August 27, 1958, Lester Gordon Brown, Jr., an eleven year...

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