EARLY v. PEOPLE

No. 24090.

496 P.2d 1021 (1972)

Raymond Charles EARLY, Plaintiff in Error, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rollie R. Rogers, Colo. State Public Defender, J. D. MacFarlane, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, William J. Chisholm, Public Defender, City & County of Denver, Truman E. Coles, Deputy Public Defender, David E. Manter, Asst. Public Defender, Denver, for plaintiff in error.

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


KELLEY, Justice.

The defendant, Raymond Charles Early, upon his plea of not guilty, was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Colorado State Penitentiary. Upon the denial of his motion for new trial, the defendant brought the matter here for review by writ of error.

At approximately 1:00 a. m., June 15, 1968, Lester Pearl Harris, a Denver cab driver, was shot and killed in northeast Denver. Two persons in an adjacent...

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