PEOPLE v. DEMENT

No. 81SC219.

661 P.2d 675 (1983)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. John C. DEMENT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale Tooley, Dist. Atty., Susan J. Trout, Donna Skinner Reed, Deputy Dist. Attys., Denver, for petitioner.

Michael F. Morrissey, Denver, for respondent.


LOHR, Justice.

The defendant, John C. Dement, was convicted of third degree assault1 after trial to a jury in the Denver County Court. The Denver Superior Court reversed the conviction and ordered dismissal of the case with prejudice, holding that the defendant's right under Article II, Section 16 of the Colorado Constitution to confront a witness against him had been denied when the trial court admitted certain hearsay evidence under...

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