Pigford v. People

How courts have described this case

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

• noting a clear statement of legislative intent to change the common law in order to permit admissibility of certain prior offenses in criminal prosecutions for unlawful sexual behavior
• noting a clear statement of legislative intent to change the common law in order to permit admissibility of certain prior offenses in criminal prosecutions for unlawful sexual behavior
• statutes in derogation of common law are to be strictly construed to restrict provisions to the clear intent of the legislature
• while “[ljegislative acts in derogation of the common law will be strictly construed ... legislative intent which is clearly expressed must be given effect”
• criminal statutes are to be strictly construed in favor of the accused

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Rath
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2002-04-08· cited 792×
• People v. Thoro Products Co.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2002-04-29· cited 460×
• People v. Lowe
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1983-04-04· cited 244×
• People v. Snyder
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1994-05-23· cited 125×
• People v. Hrapski
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1983-02-22· cited 123×
• Van Waters & Rogers, Inc. v. Keelan
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1992-11-23· cited 96×
• People v. Roybal
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1980-11-17· cited 86×
• Bloomer v. Board of County Commissioners
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1990-10-09· cited 83×
• Stephen v. City and County of Denver
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1983-02-22· cited 50×
• Gallegos v. Phipps
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1989-09-18· cited 50×
• Martin v. Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1992-10-26· cited 42×
• Bayer v. Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1998-06-22· cited 41×
• Adrian v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1989-03-13· cited 37×
• People v. McClure
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1989-09-18· cited 36×
• People v. McKibben
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1993-04-22· cited 31×
• Bowers v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1980-10-06· cited 31×
• People v. Mathes
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1985-02-21· cited 29×
• Hartley v. City of Colorado Springs
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1988-11-28· cited 28×
• City of Aspen v. Meserole
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1990-12-24· cited 27×
• People v. Williams
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1995-01-26· cited 25×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Thomas
  California Supreme Court· 1978-01-16· cited 147×
• People v. Cornelison
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1977-01-10· cited 55×
• State v. Hampton
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1974-12-07· cited 43×
• State v. Thomas
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1973-11-15· cited 36×
• Board of County Com'rs of Pitkin County v. Pfeifer
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1976-03-22· cited 35×
• Alvarez v. District Ct. in & for City & Cty. of Denver
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1974-08-06· cited 28×
• Allan v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1976-05-28· cited 22×
• Jett v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1974-07-22· cited 20×
• People v. Moen
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1974-09-23· cited 15×
• Dockerty v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1923-10-01· cited 14×
• Huerta v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1969-02-24· cited 12×
• People v. Pigford
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1978-06-26· cited 6×