PEOPLE v. LAYTON

No. 79SA393.

612 P.2d 83 (1980)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Randy LAYTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary J. Mullarkey, Sol. Gen., Kathleen M. Bowers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Reynard & Booms, P. C., Robert Tabor Booms, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


HODGES, Chief Justice.

Defendant-appellant, Randy Layton, was found guilty by a jury of aggravated robbery. Section 18-4-302, C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8). On appeal, the defendant challenges the constitutionality of the statute allowing proof of a prior felony conviction when an accused person testifies. He also urges reversal on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence to sustain his conviction and that he was coerced by his counsel not to testify on his...

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