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8 Colorado opinions name it 2 courts 1983–2025 3 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Colorado courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Schuster v. Zwickergreen1 sentence2024See Schuster, 659 P.2d at 690 . | 1 | 1 |
Washington v. Crowdergreen1 sentence2014See Washington v. Crowder, 12 P.3d 857, 860 (Colo. App.2000) (upholding prison disciplinary conviction for "unauthorized possession" based on inmate's possession of "contraband"). | 1 | 1 |
People v. Ramirezgreen1 sentence2003People v. Ramirez, 56 P.3d 89, 93 (2002). . | 1 | 1 |
People v. Skinnergreen2 sentences1994Either the prosecution or the defense is entitled to an instruction on a lesser included offense whenever there is a “rational basis for the jury to acquit the defendant of the original offense charged and convict the defendant of the lesser offense.” See People v. Skinner, 825 P.2d 1045, 1046 (Colo.App.1991). 1994Either the prosecution or the defense is entitled to an instruction on a lesser included offense whenever there is a "rational basis for the jury to acquit the defendant of the original offense charged and convict the defendant of the lesser offense." See People v. Skinner, 825 P.2d 1045, 1046 (Colo.App.1991). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Colorado. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Motor Vehicle Division, Department of Revenue v. Warman
green
1 sentence2025This evidence supports the hearing officer’s finding that she drove because even if a person’s car is parked in a private lot, “[a] person who places [themselves] behind the steering wheel of a motor vehicle with its engine running is in actual physical control of the vehicle, since the vehicle can be put in motion by minimal physical 6 activity, even if the activity might be unintentional.” Warman, 763 P.2d at 561-62 . ¶ 17 We reject Notarmuzi’s contention that she didn’t make the vehicle operable — and thus didn’t have actual physical control — because she didn’t move the vehicle while intox | 1 | 2025–2025 |
v. Williams
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1 sentence2025Nevertheless, because McVaney is self-represented, “we liberally construe his filings while applying the same law and procedural rules applicable to a party represented by counsel.” Gandy v. Williams, 2019 COA 118, ¶ 8 . ¶9 First, like the Panel, we conclude that the evidence supports the hearing officer’s determination that McVaney quit his employment and was not discharged. | 1 | 2025–2025 |
Beck v. Alabama
green
2 sentences2006In Beck v. Alabama, 447 U.S. 625, 637 , 100 S.Ct. 2382, 2389 , 65 L.Ed.2d 392 (1980), the Supreme Court held a jury in a capital case must be instructed on lesser included non-capital offenses if the evidence supports such an instruction. 2006In Beck v. Alabama, 447 U.S. 625, 637 , 100 S.Ct. 2382, 2389 , 65 L.Ed.2d 392 (1980), the Supreme Court held a jury in a capital case must be instructed on lesser included non-capital offenses if the evidence supports such an instruction. | 1 | 2006–2006 |
People v. Montague
green
2 sentences1983People v. Montague, 181 Colo. 143 , 508 P.2d 388 (1973). 1983People v. Montague, 181 Colo. 143 , 508 P.2d 388 (1973). | 1 | 1983–1983 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.