KOSTAL v. PEOPLE

No. 20145.

414 P.2d 123 (1966)

Albert Joseph KOSTAL, Plaintiff in Error, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim R. Carrigan, William D. Neighbors, Boulder, George Alan Holley, Wheat Ridge, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Asst. Atty. Gen., George H. Sibley, Special Asst. Atty. Gen. of Colorado, Denver, for defendant in error.


McWILLIAMS, Justice.

Albert Joseph Kostal and Arthur Jerome Watson were jointly tried and convicted of murder in the first degree, with each being sentenced to death. Upon review these judgments were reversed and the causes remanded for a new trial. See Kostal, et al. v. People, 144 Colo. 505, 357 P.2d 70.

Kostal thereafter sought and obtained a separate trial from his codefendant, Watson. Upon a retrial of this matter Kostal...

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