PEOPLE v. CORBETT

No. 28315.

611 P.2d 965 (1980)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael CORBETT, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary J. Mullarkey, Sol. Gen., Sarah Scott Sammons, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Gregory Walta, State Public Defender, Thomas M. Van Cleave, III, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


LOHR, Justice.

Defendant, Michael Corbett, has appealed to this court from a judgment of conviction for first-degree murder for the stabbing death of Winford Proffitt. We affirm.

Proffit and a companion were driving on the streets of Colorado Springs late in the evening on June 27, 1975, seeking to obtain a small quantity of marijuana. They inquired of two strangers in a nearby car whether they knew where marijuana could be obtained. One of the strangers was...

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