PEOPLE v. GALLEGOS

No. 24985.

504 P.2d 343 (1972)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rachel Bernice GALLEGOS, a/k/a Bernice Gallegos, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., Aurel M. Kelly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, Patricia W. Robb, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Pueblo, for plaintiff-appellee.

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


DAY, Justice.

Defendant-appellant, Rachel Bernice Gallegos, was convicted of second-degree murder and brings appeal to this court.

The facts brought out at the trial were through the statements of the defendant plus inferences to be drawn therefrom. They reveal that defendant and decedent Manuel Perez were engaged in an all day argument which culminated with the decedent beating the defendant and inflicting injury...

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