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- Title: People v. Superior Court of Yuba County
- Author : Colorado Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 08, 2010
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 87 KB
Description
Real party in interest, Dustin William Sparks (hereafter defendant or Sparks), was charged with two felony murders. Before his case came to trial, two other persons were tried for the same murders. One was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and the other was acquitted. Concerned about possible inconsistent verdicts, and applying the doctrine of nonmutual collateral estoppel adopted in a criminal case in People v. Taylor (1974) 12 Cal.3d 686 (Taylor), the superior court ruled that those verdicts prohibit the prosecution from trying defendant for a crime greater than voluntary manslaughter.