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PEOPLE v. NEWTON

No. 97SC85.

966 P.2d 563 (1998)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Lester L. NEWTON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

September 14, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, John Daniel Dailey, Deputy Attorney General, Robert Mark Russell, First Assistant Attorney General, Clemmie P. Engle, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Enforcement Section, Denver, for Petitioner.

Gerash, Miranda & Gerash, P.C., Walter L. Gerash, Lia A. Fazzone, Denver, for Respondent.

Chief Justice MULLARKEY delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Lester Newton, the defendant in this case, was tried in the Arapahoe County District Court (trial court) for his involvement in an armed robbery of a local grocery store in Aurora, Colorado. Ronald Riley, a co-defendant, was tried jointly with Newton. At trial, the People called Evonne Cummins, who was Newton's girlfriend at the time of the robbery, to testify about her knowledge of the robbery. Cummins refused...

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