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5 Colorado opinions name it 2 courts 1990–2025 1 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 |
|---|---|---|
Ruibal v. Peoplegreen1 sentence2025See People v. Ruibal, 2015 COA 55 , ¶ 58, aff’d, 2018 CO 93 . | 1 | 1 |
People v. Galindogreen1 sentence2002People v. Galindo, 884 P.2d 1109, 1112 (Colo.1994); People v. Wechsler, 854 P.2d 217, 228 (Colo. 1993); People v. Vincent, 35 P.3d 140 (Colo. PDJ 1999), affirmed Appellate Discipline Commission, January 26, 2000. | 1 | 1 |
People v. Wechslergreen1 sentence2002People v. Galindo, 884 P.2d 1109, 1112 (Colo.1994); People v. Wechsler, 854 P.2d 217, 228 (Colo. 1993); People v. Vincent, 35 P.3d 140 (Colo. PDJ 1999), affirmed Appellate Discipline Commission, January 26, 2000. | 1 | 1 |
People v. Davisgreen2 sentences1990Id. at 796 ; see also People v. Davis, 794 P.2d 159, 190 (Colo.1990). [17] Unless the jury finds that the mitigating factors outweigh the proven statutory factors, it must move on to step four and determine whether death is the appropriate penalty. [18] To ensure the reliability of the *178 verdict, we held in Tenneson that the fourth step instruction must require jurors "to return a verdict of death only if they unanimously agreed that death was the appropriate punishment beyond a reasonable doubt. " Tenneson, 788 P.2d at 796 (emphasis added). 1990Id. at 796 ; see also People v. Davis, 794 P.2d 159, 190 (Colo.1990). 17 Unless the jury finds that the mitigating factors outweigh the proven statutory factors, it must move on to step four and determine whether death is the appropriate penalty. 18 To ensure the reliability of the verdict, we held in Tenneson that the fourth step instruction must require jurors “to return a verdict of death only if they unanimously agreed that death was the appropriate punishment beyond a reasonable doubt.” Tenneson, 788 P.2d at 796 (emphasis added). | 1 | 1 |
People v. Tennesongreen2 sentences1990Id. at 796 ; see also People v. Davis, 794 P.2d 159, 190 (Colo.1990). 17 Unless the jury finds that the mitigating factors outweigh the proven statutory factors, it must move on to step four and determine whether death is the appropriate penalty. 18 To ensure the reliability of the verdict, we held in Tenneson that the fourth step instruction must require jurors “to return a verdict of death only if they unanimously agreed that death was the appropriate punishment beyond a reasonable doubt.” Tenneson, 788 P.2d at 796 (emphasis added). 1990Id. at 796 ; see also People v. Davis, 794 P.2d 159, 190 (Colo.1990). 17 Unless the jury finds that the mitigating factors outweigh the proven statutory factors, it must move on to step four and determine whether death is the appropriate penalty. 18 To ensure the reliability of the verdict, we held in Tenneson that the fourth step instruction must require jurors “to return a verdict of death only if they unanimously agreed that death was the appropriate punishment beyond a reasonable doubt.” Tenneson, 788 P.2d at 796 (emphasis added). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Colorado. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
People v. Hanks
green
1 sentence2005CONCLUSION Upon consideration of the duties breached, the resulting injuries, Respondent’s mental state, and the mitigating and aggravating factors, the Hearing Board finds this ease to be similar to People v. Hanks, 967 P.2d 144 (Colo.1998), in which an attorney was suspended for one year and one day for willful failure to satisfy child support obligations. | 1 | 2005–2005 |
People v. Vincent
neutral
1 sentence2002People v. Galindo, 884 P.2d 1109, 1112 (Colo.1994); People v. Wechsler, 854 P.2d 217, 228 (Colo. 1993); People v. Vincent, 35 P.3d 140 (Colo. PDJ 1999), affirmed Appellate Discipline Commission, January 26, 2000. | 1 | 2002–2002 |
People v. Smith
green
2 sentences1993We observed in People v. Smith, 769 P.2d 1078 (Colo.1989): A private censure, because it does not inform the public about a lawyer’s misconduct, “should be used only when the lawyer is negligent, when the ethical violation results in little or no injury to a client, the public, the legal system, or the profession, and when there is little or no likelihood of repetition.” Id. at 1080 (quoting ABA Standards 2.6 (commentary)) (public rather than private censure was appropriate where attorney’s misconduct involved misrepresentation as well as neglect, even taking into account several mitigating fa 1993We observed in People v. Smith, 769 P.2d 1078 (Colo.1989): A private censure, because it does not inform the public about a lawyer’s misconduct, “should be used only when the lawyer is negligent, when the ethical violation results in little or no injury to a client, the public, the legal system, or the profession, and when there is little or no likelihood of repetition.” Id. at 1080 (quoting ABA Standards 2.6 (commentary)) (public rather than private censure was appropriate where attorney’s misconduct involved misrepresentation as well as neglect, even taking into account several mitigating fa | 1 | 1993–1993 |
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.