Supreme Court of Colorado· 7/13/1959
Gray v. People
Citations
- 342 P.2d 627
- 139 Colo. 583
- 1959 Colo. LEXIS 475
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that defendant cannot allege error where trial court gives an instruction which defendant demands
- \[W]e cannot consider the trial court to be in error for giving an instruction demanded by the defense.\
- “[W]e cannot consider the trial court to be in error for giving an instruction demanded by the defense.”
- “[D]efendant cannot inject an erroneous statement of law into an argument before the trial court and then rely on his own error to obtain a reversal on appeal.”
- invited error rule applicable to preclude consideration of defendant’s challenged jury instruction on similar offense evidence, which instruction was given at defense counsel’s request
- invited error rule applicable to preclude consideration of defendant's challenged jury instruction on similar offense evidence, which instruction was given at defense counsel's request
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11 cases in this archive cite this case.
- People v. RedigerSupreme Court of Colorado· 2018-04-30· cited 1,949×
- Peo v. HugginsColorado Court of Appeals· 2019-08-01· cited 873×
- People v. BennettSupreme Court of Colorado· 1973-10-29· cited 521×
- People v. ZapataSupreme Court of Colorado· 1989-10-16· cited 422×
- v. DaleyColorado Court of Appeals· 2021-06-25· cited 396×
- Hansen v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Colorado· 1998-05-18· cited 188×
- Boyd v. StateWyoming Supreme Court· 1974-11-18· cited 55×
- Montoya v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado· 2017-05-15· cited 32×
- People v. GrossSupreme Court of Colorado· 2012-10-01· cited 27×
- People v. JacobsSupreme Court of Colorado· 1972-07-24· cited 17×
- Hunter v. District CourtSupreme Court of Colorado· 1977-06-13· cited 2×
Cites
5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Morrison v. StateIndiana Supreme Court· 1881-05-15· cited 32×
- Jabich v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado· 1914-09-15· cited 22×
- Warren v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado· 1949-12-19· cited 17×
- Marrs v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado· 1957-06-10· cited 13×
- Cooper v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado· 1955-12-05· cited 1×
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