PEOPLE v. MAESTAS

No. 25505.

517 P.2d 461 (1973)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Manuel Ramijo MAESTAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

December 24, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Michael L. Bender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


DAY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a verdict of guilty and a life sentence for first-degree murder returned by a jury in the Adams County district court. We affirm.

The facts established at trial showed that appellant Maestas, with three other men, kicked a cabdriver to death outside a Commerce City bar. Appellant was tried jointly with one codefendant, Gerald Medina.

Maestas presents four grounds for reversal. Because few of the facts which form...

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