PEOPLE v. FOCHT

No. 25475.

504 P.2d 1096 (1972)

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

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

December 26, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., Jack E. Hanthorn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Rollie R. Rogers, Colo. State Public Defender, J. D. MacFarlane, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Thomas M. Van Cleave, III, Allan Lipson, Deputy State Public Defenders, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


PRINGLE, Chief Justice.

Defendant, Eugene E. Focht, was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, in violation 1967 Perm. Supp., of C.R.S.1963, 40-7-54. He contends here that (1) the evidence was insufficient to prove specific intent to do great bodily injury, and (2) that the instruction on reasonable doubt contained an improper standard. We disagree and affirm.

I.

We deal first with defendant's claim that the evidence is insufficient...

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