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Terry v. People

Citations

  • 977 P.2d 145
  • 1999 Colo. J. C.A.R. 2063
  • 1999 Colo. LEXIS 376
  • 1999 WL 227206

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that the General Assembly intended to \create a presumptive sentencing regime in the context of the ... crime of violence amendments\
  • \giving statutory words their full meaning in the context in which they are used does not violate the rule of lenity\ (quoting People v. Dist. Court, 713 P.2d 918, 922 (Colo.1986))
  • \The import of being a 'crime of violence for purposes of [section 16-11-8309] is clearly that such conspiracies should receive mandatory violent crime sentencing\
  • per se crimes of violence are those statutory offenses \mandating violent crime sentencing\

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Judges: Kourlis

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