GARCIA v. PEOPLE

Supreme Court Case No. 21SC564.

531 P.3d 1031 (2023)

2023 CO 30

Cristobal Fernando GARCIA, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

Rehearing Denied July 17, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Attorneys for Respondent: Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Erin K. Grundy , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado.

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


¶1 Defendant, Cristobal Fernando Garcia, was found guilty of one count of attempted extreme-indifference murder, a form of first degree murder that requires that the defendant "evidenc[e] an attitude of universal malice manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life generally...

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