BUSTAMONTE v. PEOPLE

No. 21010.

401 P.2d 597 (1965)

Dorothy BUSTAMONTE, Plaintiff in Error, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Trine, Roger E. Stevens, Boulder, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Aurel M. Kelly, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.


SUTTON, Justice.

Plaintiff in error, Dorothy Bustamonte, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted by a jury of second degree murder following the shooting of one Charles M. Dyson. She was thereafter sentenced to not less than ten years nor more than fifteen years imprisonment at hard labor.

Defendant urges five grounds for reversal which can be summarized as follows, to-wit:

(1) The trial court erred in refusing to submit to the jury original numbered...

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