PEOPLE v. VELARDE

No. 87CA0877.

790 P.2d 903 (1989)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eugene VELARDE, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 1989.

Certiorari Denied April 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., and Clement P. Engle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, and Douglas D. Barnes, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


Opinion by Judge CRISWELL.

Defendant, Eugene Velarde, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of felony theft. He contends that his right to a speedy disposition of the charge under the Uniform Mandatory Disposition of Detainers Act was violated, and he also argues that the court erred in refusing his tendered lesser included offense instruction on misdemeanor theft. We affirm.

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