ZAPATA v. PEOPLE

Supreme Court Case No. 16SC552.

428 P.3d 517 (2018)

2018 CO 82

Nicholas Javier ZAPATA, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

October 15, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioner: Megan Ring , Public Defender, Joseph P. Hough , Deputy Public Defender, Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondent: Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General, Gabriel P. Olivares , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado.

En Banc.


¶ 1 One afternoon several years ago, the petitioner, Nicholas Zapata, and Jose Murillo entered a Littleton convenience store. Murillo darted behind the checkout counter, where he used a knife to attack the clerk, the only other person in the store. Zapata watched the attack from the other side...

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