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PEOPLE v. SHEARER

No. 25175.

508 P.2d 1249 (1973)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William SHEARER, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., Jack E. Hanthorn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Rollie R. Rogers, Colo. State Public Defender, J. D. MacFarlane, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Kenneth J. Russell, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appllant.

ERICKSON, Justice.

On December 4, 1948, a furniture store was robbed and the proprietor, Max Perotin, was murdered. William Shearer was arrested by the police, confessed, and was charged with first-degree murder. He was seventeen years old at the time, and he was indigent. The court appointed an experienced and well-known Denver lawyer to represent him. The lawyer who defended Shearer is now dead. This post-conviction proceeding which is before us for review was initiated...

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