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- Title: Ortega v. People
- Author : Colorado Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 12, 1972
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 50 KB
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Gilbert Ortega, hereinafter referred to as the "defendant," was convicted of kidnapping in violation of C.R.S. 1963, 40-2-44(1). The defendants conviction of kidnapping was based primarily on the testimony of the victim, Marilyn Markus, and the defendants accomplice, Clarence Barela. Both parties testified that the incident occurred one evening when the victim was driving home in the early morning hours. At the insistence of the defendant, who was a passenger in Barelas car, Barela followed the victims car and attempted to force it off the road. After ramming her car and then pursuing it to the outskirts of town, Barela blocked off the victims vehicle on a side road. The defendant then got out of Barelas car and went over to the victims car. He shoved her to the passenger side and jumped in behind the wheel. He then proceeded to drive the victims car down the road, followed by Barela in his car. After a short distance, the victim was able to break from the defendants grasp and jump from the moving car into a ditch. She then ran down a hill and hid in a culvert until the two men drove off. These facts clearly establish the crime of kidnapping as defined in C.R.S. 1963, 40-2-44(1).