PEOPLE v. LAWSON

No. 75-067.

551 P.2d 206 (1976)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hayward Curtis LAWSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 1976.

Certiorari Denied June 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Jean E. Dubofsky, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., E. Ronald Beeks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Rollie R. Rogers, Colorado State Public Defender, Norman R. Mueller, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


Selected for Official Publication.

STERNBERG, Judge.

This is an appeal of a first degree murder conviction in which the principal issue is the propriety of the trial court's refusal to permit expert testimony offered to delineate in general the various factors that might affect the reliability of eyewitness identifications. Other issues raised are the suggestiveness of a lineup and failure to grant motions for mistrial based on alleged irregularities at the...

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