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WASHINGTON v. PEOPLE

No. 21244.

405 P.2d 735 (1965)

Larry WASHINGTON, Plaintiff in Error, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant In Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel J. Merlo, Cortez, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for defendant in error.

PRINGLE, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Larry Washington, brings writ of error from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of murder in the second degree of one Henry Vigil.

The defendant is a full-blooded Ute Indian. On Thursday, October 11, 1962, he was living in Towaoc, Colorado, the headquarters of the Ute Mountain Tribe. During the morning of that day, while in Towaoc, he drank a quart of wine. Some time before noon, the defendant, Raymond...

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