People v. Germany

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding Colorado's statute of limitations was unconstitutional because it violated due process
• characterizing the right to seek collateral review of a constitutionally flawed conviction as a “ ‘substantive right’ ” guaranteed by statute
• involving a three-year time bar on all post-conviction collateral attack, the effect of which was to ―immediately cut off this right for all persons whose convictions antedate the statute by an interval of time in excess of the statuto- ry limitation period‖
• involving a three-year time bar on all post-conviction collateral attack, the effect of which was to ―immediately cut off this right for all persons whose convictions antedate the statute by an interval of time in excess of the statuto- ry limitation period‖
• involving a three-year time bar on all post-conviction collateral attack, the effect of which was to ―immediately cut off this right for all persons whose convictions antedate the statute by an interval of time in excess of the statuto- ry limitation period‖
• state may impose reasonable restrictions on collateral challenges to allegedly unconstitutional convictions, so long as a “meaningful opportunity” to conduct that challenge is preserved

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).