Al Turki v. People

2019 CO 77, 449 P.3d 373

• Court: Supreme Court of Colorado
• Decided: September 23, 2019
• Docket: 17SC339
• Status: Published

Opinion

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ADVANCE SHEET HEADNOTE September 23, 2019

2019 CO 77

No. 17SC339, Al Turki v. People

By operation of law, the decision of the court of appeals case no. 14CA245 (Colo.

App. Apr. 6, 2017) is affirmed by an equally divided court. See C.A.R. 35(b). The Supreme Court of the State of Colorado 2 East 14th Avenue • Denver, Colorado 80203

Supreme Court Case No. 17SC339 Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals Court of Appeals Case No. 14CA245

Petitioner:

Homaidan Al Turki,

v.

Respondent:

The People of the State of Colorado.

Affirmed by Operation of Law en banc September 23, 2019

Attorneys for Petitioner: Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP Chad D. Williams Shannon Wells Stevenson Denver, Colorado

Attorneys for Respondent: Philip J. Weiser, Attorney General Majid Yazdi, Senior Assistant Attorney General Denver, Colorado

PER CURIAM JUSTICE SAMOUR does not participate. ¶1 Chief Justice Coats, Justice Boatright, and Justice Hart are of the

opinion that the judgment of the court of appeals should be affirmed;

whereas Justice Márquez, Justice Hood, and Justice Gabriel are of the

opinion that it should be reversed. Justice Samour does not participate.

¶2 Because the court is equally divided, the judgment of the court of

appeals is affirmed by operation of law. See C.A.R. 35(b).