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- Title: People v. Cullen
- Author : Colorado Court of Appeals No. 82CA0937
- Release Date : January 26, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 46 KB
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Opinion by JUDGE TURSI Defendant, Roger Allen Cullen, appeals his convictions by jury of two counts of first degree murder, two counts of second degree kidnapping and conspiracy. The trial court sentenced defendant to two consecutive life terms for the murder convictions, two concurrent four year terms for the kidnapping convictions, and a concurrent term of twelve years for conspiracy. We affirm. I Defendant contends that the trial court erred in failing, sua sponte, to instruct the jury on the issue of the state's sovereign jurisdiction over the murder offenses. We disagree. The uncontroverted evidence overwhelmingly establishes that defendant abducted the victims in Colorado for the purpose of killing them in an isolated portion of New Mexico. The pertinent provisions of the sovereign jurisdiction statute, § 18-1-201, C.R.S. (1978 Repl. Vol. 8), provide: