CARNES v. PEOPLE

No. 23289.

466 P.2d 918 (1970)

Roy CARNES, a/k/a Jim Day, Plaintiff In Error, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant In Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied April 6, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Van Cleve, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Morgan Smith, Public Defender, Adams County, Brighton, Richard M. Davis, Jr., Public Defender Intern, Adams County, Brighton, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Denver, John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., Aurel M. Kelly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for defendant in error.


LEE, Justice.

Carnes was convicted of aggravated robbery and sentenced to the state penitentiary. He seeks reversal of this judgment and sentence and, as grounds therefor, asserts error in the failure of the trial court to instruct the jury on specific intent. An examination of the record convinces us that the trial court committed error in refusing to give the instruction on specific intent which Carnes requested and tendered.

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