SALAZAR v. PEOPLE

No. 20309.

384 P.2d 725 (1963)

Patrick SALAZAR, Plaintiff In Error, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendants In Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

August 26, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam T. Taylor, Walsenburg, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank H. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., John E. Bush, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants in error.


SUTTON, Justice.

Plaintiff in error was found guilty by a jury of possession of marijuana (Cannabis Sativa L) in the district court of Huerfano County and was thereafter sentenced to a term of 6 to 10 years in the state penitentiary. He seeks review of the judgment by writ of error. We will refer to the plaintiff in error as defendant.

The record discloses that defendant was arrested on the night of April 11, 1960 for being involved in a disturbance on the...

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