ARELLANO v. PEOPLE

No. 24378.

493 P.2d 1362 (1972)

Eugene E. ARELLANO, Plaintiff in Error, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, In Department.

February 22, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rollie R. Rogers, Colorado State Public Defender, J. D. MacFarlane, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Michael F. Morrissey, Denver, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., Michael T. Haley, Tennyson W. Grebenar, Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, for defendant in error.


LEE, Justice.

Eugene E. Arellano was convicted by a jury in Denver district court of possession of a narcotic drug, cannabis. He seeks reversal of the judgment of conviction on the sole ground that the trial court improperly instructed the jury on the law of circumstantial evidence. We affirm.

Arellano argues that the People's evidence was primarily circumstantial in nature and, if the jury was improperly instructed, the judgment must be reversed. He contends...

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