DeBELLA v. People

Decided June 7, 2010. Alex J. Martinez wrote the opinion for the court.

233 P.3d 664 · Cited 542 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Frasco v. People · 165 P.3d 701
• Settle v. People · 504 P.2d 680
• Whatley v. Wood · 404 P.2d 537
• Kotteakos v. United States · 328 U.S. 750
• People v. Welsh · 80 P.3d 296
• Steines v. Franklin County · 81 U.S. 15
• People v. DeBella · 219 P.3d 390
• People v. Quintana · 665 P.2d 605
• Nelson v. Elway · 971 P.2d 245
• Lopez v. People · 113 P.3d 713
• Freedom Colorado Information, Inc. v. El Paso County Sheriff's Department · 196 P.3d 892
• People v. Dunlap · 975 P.2d 723
• People v. Darlington · 105 P.3d 230
• Coates, Reid & Waldron v. Vigil · 856 P.2d 850
• People v. McKinney · 80 P.3d 823
• Chism v. People · 80 P.3d 293

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• People v. Jefferson · 2017 CO 35
• Ray v. People · 2019 CO 21
• Martinez v. People · 2017 CO 36
• People v. Jefferson · 411 P.3d 823
• People v. Valdez · 2017 COA 41
• People v. Riley · 2015 COA 152
• People v. Smalley · 2015 COA 140
• Romero v. People · 2017 CO 37
• People v. Vecellio · 292 P.3d 1004
• People v. Gingles · 350 P.3d 968
• People v. Wilson · 397 P.3d 1090
• People v. Carter · 414 P.3d 15
• People v. Vigil · 242 P.3d 1092

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