Summary
In Crosswell v. People, 74 Colo. 547, 223 Pac. 51, it was held that the sentence of one eighteen years of age, convicted of highway robbery, to the state penitentiary instead of the reformatory was valid as the meaning of the phrase "crimes involving the penalty of imprisonment for life" does not mean that the particular sentence must be for life but that a sentence for life could have been imposed.
Summary of this case from Maes v. TinsleyOpinion
August 23, 2001
Before: Williams, J.P., Tom, Mazzarelli, Lerner, Saxe, JJ.
Leave to prosecute appeal as a poor person denied, with leave to renew, as indicated.