MORSE v. PEOPLE

No. 22999.

452 P.2d 3 (1969)

Joseph Dyre MORSE, Plaintiff in Error, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied April 14, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis R. Salazar, Robert L. Pitler, Denver, for plaintiff in error.

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


McWILLIAMS, Chief Justice.

Joseph Dyre Morse, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was convicted by a jury of the crime of first degree murder and the penalty imposed by the jury was that of life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. By the present writ of error the defendant seeks reversal of the judgment and sentence thus entered.

The only matter presented in this court which was raised during trial and thereafter assigned as error in the motion for...

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