PEOPLE v. MANIER

No. 25071.

518 P.2d 811 (1974)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Dale MANIER, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

January 28, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Moore, Atty. Gen., John E. Bush, Deputy Atty. Gen., Aurel M. Kelly, 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, Stephen Rench, Deputy State Public Defenders, Denver, for defendant-appellant.

Nathan Davidovich, Denver, amicus curiae.


PRINGLE, Chief Justice.

Defendant-Appellant James Dale Manier was convicted of first-degree murder in 1970. Manier appeals that conviction.

Briefly, the facts in this case are as follows: The victim, Josephine Manier Collins, was the defendant's wife. While he was in prison for a previous offense she began living with and married Carl Collins, although there was no divorce between her and Manier. She was pregnant with Collins' child at the time of her death...

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