PEOPLE v. WHEATRIDGE POKER CLUB

No. 27397.

569 P.2d 324 (1977)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The WHEATRIDGE POKER CLUB, and Dan Conrad and Harlan Olson and Ray Slife, Principals of the Four Aces Social Club, Inc., a Colorado Corporation d/b/a the Wheatridge Poker Club, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied October 3, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nolan L. Brown, Dist. Atty., Frank Joseph MacKey, III, Deputy Dist. Atty., Golden, for plaintiff-appellee.

Bernard D. Morley, Denver, for defendants-appellants.


PRINGLE, Chief Justice.

This appeal concerns the scope and constitutionality of certain provisions of the Colorado statutes prohibiting professional gambling. Sections 18-10-101, et seq., C.R.S. 1973. The district court found that the defendants were engaged in professional gambling as defined by statute and that such activities constituted a public nuisance under section 16-13-303(1), C.R.S. 1973. It further upheld...

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