People v. Mandez

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that a life sentence without parole for felony murder was not grossly disproportionate
• upholding the denial of a continuance when court had reason to believe that missing witness was out of state and a bench warrant would be ineffective in securing the witness's attendance
• agreeing with the trial court that “felony murder is a serious crime”
• court did not abuse its discretion by denying a continuance when it was uncertain whether a missing witness could be located
• similar argument relating to the fingerprint evidence rule
• fury instructions must accurately state law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• People v. Conyac
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2014-01-30· cited 901×
• People v. Faussett
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2016-06-16· cited 833×
• People v. Clark
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2009-08-17· cited 698×
• People v. Ujaama
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2012-03-15· cited 685×
• Holley v. Huang
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2011-05-12· cited 209×
• People v. Lopez
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2016-12-15· cited 165×
• People v. Brown
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2011-08-04· cited 21×
• People v. Kerber
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2002-11-21· cited 17×
• People v. Rosales
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2005-08-11· cited 17×
• v. Garcia
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2021-05-20· cited 17×
• People v. Marsh
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2011-12-22· cited 14×
• People v. Poindexter
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2013-06-20· cited 13×
• People v. McCulloch
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2008-09-04· cited 11×
• People v. Tweedy
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2005-10-20· cited 11×
• People v. Smith
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2011-01-06· cited 10×
• People v. Davalos
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2001-05-10· cited 9×
• People v. Turley
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2000-07-20· cited 7×
• People v. Martinez
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2002-08-05· cited 6×
• v. Lawrence
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2019-05-30· cited 6×
• In Interest of Spohr
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2019-11-14· cited 6×

Cites

42 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Harmelin v. Michigan
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-27· cited 4,521×
• People v. Constant
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1982-03-29· cited 845×
• People v. Cobb
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1998-07-06· cited 539×
• People v. Bennett
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1973-10-29· cited 521×
• Bogdanov v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1997-06-16· cited 483×
• Harris v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1995-01-17· cited 423×
• People v. Zapata
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1989-10-16· cited 422×
• People v. Moody
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1984-01-30· cited 301×
• People v. Gallegos
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1997-08-14· cited 291×
• People v. Paynter
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1998-03-16· cited 224×
• Smith v. District Court for the Fourth Judicial District, State of Colorado, Division 6
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1981-06-08· cited 217×
• Kogan v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1988-05-09· cited 194×
• People v. Thompson
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1997-05-08· cited 178×
• People v. Ibarra
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1993-03-22· cited 157×
• People v. Rodriguez
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1997-09-15· cited 86×
• Cooper v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1999-02-22· cited 59×
• People v. Chastain
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1987-03-16· cited 55×
• People v. Bielecki
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1998-08-06· cited 41×
• Erickson v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1998-01-20· cited 35×
• People v. Collie
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1999-06-10· cited 30×