PEOPLE v. YEAGER

No. 25607.

513 P.2d 1057 (1973)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leo Norman YEAGER, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

September 10, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Moore, Atty. Gen., John E. Bush, Deputy Atty. Gen., David A. Sorenson, 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, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


KELLEY, Justice.

Leo Norman Yeager, appellant here, defendant in the trial court, was convicted of theft. The appeal is based on the alleged error of the trial court in permitting the prosecution to elicit on cross-examination of the defendant the fact that he had two prior felony convictions, both of which occurred more than five years prior to trial. C.R.S.1963, 154-1-1.

The defendant challenges C.R.S.1963, 154-1-1 on two grounds. First, he contends that...

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