PEOPLE v. MORRISON

No. 28036.

583 P.2d 924 (1978)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth Paul MORRISON, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

September 25, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nolan L. Brown, Dist. Atty., Robert D. Kelly, Michael B. Tully, Deputy Dist. Attys., Golden, for plaintiff-appellant.

Myers, Woodford & Hoppin, P. C., Charles T. Hoppin, Denver, for defendant-appellee.


CARRIGAN, Justice.

In this murder case, the People, by interlocutory appeal, challenge the trial court's pretrial orders: (1) suppressing the testimony of one Esther Garcia; and (2) ruling that the defendant's two prior burglary convictions could not be used against him for impeachment purposes. We reverse the order suppressing Mrs. Garcia's testimony, but affirm the ruling against admissibility of the defendant's prior convictions.

On November 15, 1975, the...

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