PEOPLE v. THEEL

No. 24910.

505 P.2d 964 (1973)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Timothy Paul THEEL, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

January 29, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., Patricia W. Robb, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Rollie R. Rogers, Colorado State Public Defender, J. D. MacFarlane, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Randolph M. Karsh, Lee Belstock, Deputy State Public Defenders, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


HODGES, Justice.

Defendant Theel was found guilty by a jury of unlawful possession of marijuana. His motion for judgment of acquittal on the ground of insufficiency of the evidence was denied. On appeal, the defendant argues that, as a matter of law, the evidence was insufficient. We agree and therefore reverse the judgment.

Defendant was arrested for hitchhiking by an officer of the State Patrol. He was thereupon taken to the sheriff's office where another...

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