(DOWNLOAD) "People V. Atkins" by Colorado Court of Appeals # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People V. Atkins
- Author : Colorado Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 04, 1992
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 52 KB
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Defendant, Rory Franco Atkins, appeals the judgment of conviction entered upon a special jury verdict finding him guilty of murder in the first degree, based upon both extreme indifference murder and murder after deliberation. He contends, among other things, that reversal is required because these two special findings are inconsistent and, in addition, that there was insufficient evidence to support a finding of extreme indifference murder. We agree that the special findings of the jury are logically inconsistent. However, we conclude that, under the circumstances of this case, such inconsistency is not prejudicial to defendant, and since defendant was sentenced only for the perpetration of a single crime, we affirm the judgment of conviction of first degree murder without addressing the question of the sufficiency of the evidence to support the finding of extreme indifference murder.