PEOPLE v. DIKEMAN

No. 27162.

555 P.2d 519 (1976)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Terry DIKEMAN, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

October 12, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale Tooley, Dist. Atty., Thomas P. Casey, Chief App. Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, for plaintiff-appellant.

Al R. Zinn, P.C., David L. Worstell, Denver, for defendant-appellee.


HODGES, Justice.

The district attorney brings this appeal solely on a question of law pursuant to section 16-12-102, C.R.S.1973. A jury acquitted the defendant of first-degree assault. The issue is whether the trial court erred in permitting defense counsel to question a witness called by defendant when defense counsel knew that the witness would claim, in the presence of the jury, a valid privilege not to answer the question on the grounds of self-incrimination....

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