LEONARD v. PEOPLE

No. 19521.

369 P.2d 54 (1962)

William K. LEONARD, Plaintiff in Error, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

February 26, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Jersin, Denver, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard A. Zarlengo, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.


SUTTON, Justice.

Defendant is here by way of writ of error from a sentence of three to five years for voluntary manslaughter. He assigns as error certain instructions which the trial court gave and certain instructions which it refused to give.

Pertinent parts of the defendant's version of the events leading up to the homicide in question are as follows: Defendant had known Lester Reeves, the victim, for five or six...

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