PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 26568.

551 P.2d 706 (1976)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dennis Ray JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Jean E. Dubofsky, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., James S. Russell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Rollie R. Rogers, Colorado State Public Defender, James F. Dumas, Jr., Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Edward A. Lipton, Deputy Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


HODGES, Justice.

Defendant Jones was found guilty by a jury of first-degree murder. His main contention on this appeal is that the evidence was insufficient and therefore his conviction should be set aside. He also argues that the trial court sua sponte failed to properly instruct the jury with reference to the credibility of an eyewitness to the murder. There is no merit to either of these contentions and therefore we affirm the judgment of the trial court...

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