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Case Brief Of Grissom V. People

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-Grissom v. People, 115 P.3d 1280 (Colo. 2005) -Facts: “In 1999, Grissom was present at a dice game between Darrick Love and Shante Cannon. Love eventually won the game, but became angry when Cannon refused to pay him. Grissom later agreed to help Love find Cannon to collect the alleged debt. In the following days Grissom drove Love to several locations in search of Cannon. Approximately one week after the dice game, Cannon was fatally shot near the motel where he had been staying. Witnesses from the motel testified that they heard shots being fired, and saw a white car leave the scene. The police responded to the crime scene, saw a white car and pursued it. After a car chase, the white car crashed into a fire hydrant and two men fled from the vehicle. After a search on foot, the police found and arrested Love and Grissom. In the course of their search, the police found two handguns and jewelry in the area, all stained with blood. After testing the clothing Love and Grissom had been wearing the police found gunshot residue. The police determined that Love had been the shooter, and therefore, was likely the principal. The people decided to try Grissom as a complicitor. At trial, defense counsel argued that Grissom did not know what Love intended and that Grissom merely intended to help Love recover his gambling debt. Defense …show more content…

The Supreme Court granted review, superseding the opinion of the Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court, held that in a matter of first impression, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated is not a lesser-included offense of murder. The court sentenced defendant to a term of 15 years to life in prison on count 1 (the second degree murder

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