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Date: 11-04-2024
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The People of the State of Colorado v. Pete Paul Martinez
Case Number: 19ca175
Judge: Not Available
Court: District Court, Denver County, Colorado
Plaintiff's Attorney: Denver County, Colorado District Attorney's Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description:
Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder who claimed to be insane.
Martinez was charged with first degree murder, and he entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity ("NGRI"). As required by law, the trial court ordered a sanity evaluation, which was conducted by Dr. Harrison, a staff psychologist at the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo. Dr. Harrison reviewed discovery, records from the jail, and Martinez's mental health records, and he interviewed Martinez for three hours. He then produced a report in which he opined that Martinez was legally sane at the time of the alleged offense. The Colorado Mental Health Institute's superintendent sent this report to the court in November 2017, over a year before trial, and the report was apparently provided to the parties at or about that time. Martinez later hired his own expert, Dr. Wells, to perform a second sanity evaluation.
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People v. Martinez, 2024 CO 69, 23SC197 (Colo. Nov 04, 2024)
Outcome: Affirmed
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