MITCHELL v. PEOPLE

No. 22884.

476 P.2d 1000 (1970)

Joseph Weldon MITCHELL, Plaintiff in Error, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 23, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Webster, Deputy Public Defender, Jerry Alan Donley, Colorado Springs, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., George E. De-Roos, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for defendant in error.


GROVES, Justice.

The defendant (plaintiff in error) was convicted of murder in the first degree, and, under the jury's verdict, was sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.

On the night of August 21, 1965, Allan Berg was the only attendant at a service station in Colorado Springs. He was found dead in a back room of the station. The death resulted from a gunshot wound in the head.

In separate informations, three persons were charged with this murder...

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