Title: Neighbors v. People

State: colorado

Issuer: Colorado Supreme Court

Document:

423 P.2d 838 (1967) Clifford Richard NEIGHBORS, Plaintiff in Error, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant in Error. No. 22033. Supreme Court of Colorado, In Department. February 14, 1967. John G. Field, Denver, for plaintiff in error. Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., George E. De-Roos, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for defendant in error. MOORE, Chief Justice. Clifford Richard Neighbors was convicted of the crime of aggravated robbery as defined by C.R.S.1963, 40-5-1(2) (b). He was sentenced to a term of from thirty-five years to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. The single question presented as ground for reversal on this writ of error is: Whether there was sufficient evidence to support the verdict of the jury and the judgment entered thereon. We have read the transcript of the evidence and the briefs filed by counsel, and have heard the oral arguments of attorneys for the defendant and for the people. The following language to be found in Wolfe v. People, 90 Colo. 102, 6 P.2d 927, and quoted with approval in Falcon v. People, 143 Colo. 173, 352 P.2d 310, is applicable to the instant action: The judgment is affirmed. McWILLIAMS, PRINGLE and HODGES, JJ., concur.