PEOPLE v. PENNO

No. 26129.

534 P.2d 795 (1975)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles A. PENNO, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, In Department.

April 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Moore, Atty. Gen., John E. Bush, Deputy Atty. Gen., E. Ronald Beeks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Rollie R. Rogers, State Public Defender, James F. Dumas, Jr., Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Thomas M. Van Cleave III, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


PRINGLE, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Charles Penno, was convicted of aggravated robbery for the August 16, 1971 holdup of a Denver Seven-Eleven store. On this appeal the defendant claims that the trial court impermissibly allowed a pistol he had in his possession at the time of his arrest to be introduced into evidence. We affirm.

At Penno's trial, two employees of the Seven-Eleven store identified the defendant as the perpetrator of the crime and testified...

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