PINEDA v. PEOPLE

No. 20308.

383 P.2d 793 (1963)

Orlando PINEDA, Plaintiff in Error, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

July 15, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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


SUTTON, Justice.

Plaintiff in error, to whom we will refer as defendant, was convicted in the district court of Huerfano County of possession of a partly smoked marijuana cigarette (Cannabis Sativa L) and sentenced to six to nine years in the state penitentiary. He seeks relief from the judgment by writ of error.

The record discloses that on the night of January 27, 1961 the defendant went to the Star Light Cafe in Walsenburg, Colorado. He arrived at about...

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