PEOPLE v. SMITH

Supreme Court Case No. 22SA58.

511 P.3d 647 (2022)

2022 CO 38

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lamonte Xavier SMITH, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

June 27, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellant: Daniel P. Rubinstein , District Attorney, Twenty-First Judicial District, George Alan Holley II , Senior Deputy District Attorney, Grand Junction, Colorado.

Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee: Colorado Legal Defense Group, Ethan Ice , Denver, Colorado.

JUSTICE SAMOUR delivered the Opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BOATRIGHT, JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ, JUSTICE HOOD, JUSTICE GABRIEL, JUSTICE HART, and JUSTICE BERKENKOTTER joined.


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