PEOPLE v. MOORE

No. 27000.

562 P.2d 749 (1977)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald J. MOORE, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 2, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Jean E. Dubofsky, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Solicitor Gen., James S. Russell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Rollie R. Rogers, Colorado State Public Defender, James F. Dumas, Jr., Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Lee J. Belstock, Denver, William S. Schurman, Deputy State Public Defenders, Steamboat Springs, for defendant-appellant.


CARRIGAN, Justice.

The defendant, when twenty-six years old, engaged in a brief but amorous relationship with a fifteen year-old girl. He promised to take her from Colorado to California, to buy her clothes, and to marry her. She left home with him, informing her parents by a note that she would be gone indefinitely. Authorities apprehended the couple in Las Vegas, Nevada, the following day.

On February 25, 1975, a jury found the defendant guilty of Violation...

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