People v. Mershon

How courts have described this case

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

• declining to address arguments raised in a cursory, conclusory, or perfunctory fashion
• “[T]heft has been treated as a serious felony for proportionality purposes when it is one of a variety of prior offenses.”
• “The crime of theft is of a lesser degree of gravity than crimes involving the sale of narcotic drugs.”
• \[TTheft [is] a serious felony for proportionality purposes when it is one of a variety of prior offenses.\
• lack of knowledge about the time bar does not constitute justifiable excuse or excusable neglect as a matter of law

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Cited by

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

• Yates v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2019-11-04· cited 2,720×
• People v. Anaya
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1994-11-03· cited 1,376×
• People v. Elie
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2006-09-07· cited 1,020×
• People v. Ujaama
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2012-03-15· cited 685×
• People v. Hargrove
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2013-12-05· cited 674×
• People v. Shreck
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2004-11-10· cited 629×
• v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2019-11-04· cited 448×
• v. McRae
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2019-11-04· cited 432×
• People v. Merchant
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1999-01-07· cited 340×
• People v. Ortega
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1994-11-03· cited 333×
• People v. Gee
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2015-10-22· cited 205×
• v. Alvarado Hinojos
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2019-06-17· cited 182×
• State v. Witherspoon
  Washington Supreme Court· 2014-07-17· cited 167×
• State v. Hahn
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 2000-11-01· cited 56×
• People v. Dash
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2004-08-12· cited 46×
• People v. Chavez-Torres
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2019-06-17· cited 38×
• People v. Compan
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2004-10-25· cited 32×
• People v. Melara
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2025-05-15· cited 32×
• People v. Shepherd
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2001-09-27· cited 31×
• People v. Bondurant
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2012-03-29· cited 27×

Cites

38 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×
• Solem v. Helm
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-28· cited 4,242×
• Rummel v. Estelle
  Supreme Court· 1980-03-18· cited 2,234×
• Estate of Stevenson Ex Rel. Talovich v. Hollywood Bar & Cafe, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1992-07-13· cited 1,035×
• People v. Wiedemer
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1993-05-10· cited 1,008×
• Gore v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1958-10-13· cited 885×
• Hutto v. Davis
  Supreme Court· 1982-03-22· cited 815×
• Gimmy v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1982-03-29· cited 694×
• Page v. Clark
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1979-04-23· cited 590×
• People v. Gutierrez
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1981-01-19· cited 323×
• Wherehouse Entertainment, Inc. v. McMahan & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-28· cited 143×
• Evans v. Romer
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1993-07-19· cited 114×
• People v. Drake
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1990-01-16· cited 97×
• Committee for Better Health Care for All Colorado Citizens v. Meyer
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1992-04-20· cited 83×
• Bloomer v. Board of County Commissioners
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1990-10-09· cited 83×
• People v. Germany
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1983-11-15· cited 79×
• People v. Gaskins
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1992-01-13· cited 69×
• City and County of Denver v. Desert Truck Sales, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1992-09-21· cited 49×
• Von Zuckerstein v. Argonne National Laboratory
  Supreme Court· 1993-11-01· cited 44×
• Bennett v. Corroon & Black Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-21· cited 42×

Other cases named People v. Mershon

5 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• People v. Mershon
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1993-02-08· cited 13×
• People v. Mershon
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1899-07-01
• People v. Mershon
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1899-10-03
• People v. Mershon
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1899-12-12
• People v. Mershon
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1899-12-19