SIMS v. PEOPLE

No. 24526.

493 P.2d 365 (1972)

George SIMS, Jr., Plaintiff in Error, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, In Department.

February 7, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cole, Murphy, Herbert, Hecox, Tolley & Edwards, Gerald G. Tolley, Colorado Springs, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., James W. Creamer, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., David A. Sorenson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for defendant in error.


HODGES, Justice.

Defendant Sims was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon. His only ground for reversal on this writ of error is that the trial court erred in refusing to submit defendant's tendered instruction on simple assault as a lesser included offense to the jury. This contention by the defendant is without merit and therefore we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

C.R.S.1963, 40-2-33 defines assault as an unlawful attempt coupled with a present...

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