Colorado Court of Appeals· 4/22/1998
People v. Backus
Citations
- 952 P.2d 846
- 1998 WL 10735
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the parties’ concessions regarding the applicable law do not bind the appellate court
- “[A]n appellate court is not bound by the concessions of the parties regarding the applicable law.”
- “[W]e may choose to accept, but we are not bound by, the concessions of counsel regarding [the appellate record’s] contents or the inferences that properly may be drawn from it.”
- We “rely on [our] own interpretation of the law, even if it is clearly inconsistent with the representations or arguments of counsel in briefs or in oral argument, and even if counsel has taken an internally inconsistent position.”
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Judges: Rothenberg, Criswell, Davidson
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14 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Moody v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado· 2007-05-29· cited 141×
- People v. CurrenColorado Court of Appeals· 2009-11-25· cited 22×
- Ferguson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas· 2005-06-09· cited 20×
- People v. SerpaColorado Court of Appeals· 1999-09-16· cited 12×
- People v. KnottColorado Court of Appeals· 2003-05-22· cited 12×
- People v. ZubiateColorado Court of Appeals· 2013-05-09· cited 8×
- People v. Villa-VillaColorado Court of Appeals· 1999-06-10· cited 7×
- People v. CorralColorado Court of Appeals· 2007-08-09· cited 5×
- People v. ReynoldsColorado Court of Appeals· 2006-09-07· cited 5×
- People v. TiptonColorado Court of Appeals· 1998-09-17· cited 2×
- People v. CarterColorado Court of Appeals· 2015-04-09· cited 2×
- 8, People v. RigsbyColorado Court of Appeals· 2018-12-13· cited 1×
- People v. JauchColorado Court of Appeals· 2013-08-29
- People v. Reginald SnellingColorado Court of Appeals· 2022-10-06
Cites
21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- People v. CoriaSupreme Court of Colorado· 1997-05-19· cited 609×
- People v. NaveColorado Court of Appeals· 1984-03-15· cited 518×
- Tate v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado· 1952-05-05· cited 75×
- People v. GarciaSupreme Court of Colorado· 1992-03-10· cited 55×
- People v. LesneySupreme Court of Colorado· 1993-07-06· cited 44×
- People v. PageColorado Court of Appeals· 1995-03-02· cited 37×
- Peltz v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado· 1986-12-02· cited 28×
- People v. RomeroColorado Court of Appeals· 1988-11-25· cited 25×
- People v. HernandezColorado Court of Appeals· 1991-04-25· cited 25×
- People v. ZamoraColorado Court of Appeals· 1996-12-12· cited 23×
- People v. OronaColorado Court of Appeals· 1995-03-23· cited 18×
- People v. ReddickColorado Court of Appeals· 1980-05-08· cited 13×
- People v. CoitColorado Court of Appeals· 1997-11-28· cited 12×
- Walter v. HallColorado Court of Appeals· 1997-08-04· cited 12×
- People v. BertagnolliSupreme Court of Colorado· 1993-11-01· cited 11×
- People v. MontoyaColorado Court of Appeals· 1996-05-02· cited 10×
- People v. CrespinColorado Court of Appeals· 1981-08-06· cited 9×
- People ex rel. P.J.N.Supreme Court of Colorado· 1983-06-06· cited 9×
- People v. HarrisColorado Court of Appeals· 1990-08-02· cited 8×
- People v. YorkColorado Court of Appeals· 1994-11-03· cited 7×
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