PEOPLE v. HOPKINS

No. 76-750.

584 P.2d 84 (1978)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leonard Otis HOPKINS, III, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1978.

Certiorari Denied September 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., David W. Robbins, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., David Schwartz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Rollie R. Rogers, Colorado State Public Defender, James F. Dumas, Jr., Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Carol L. Gerstl, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


STERNBERG, Judge.

The defendant, Leonard Otis Hopkins, III, appeals his conviction of theft by deception in violation of § 18-4-401, C.R.S.1973. We disagree with his contention that there was insufficient evidence to sustain the conviction and therefore affirm.

During a non-jury trial, evidence of the following facts was adduced: Hopkins responded to a newspaper advertisement of one Michaels offering for sale a 1974 Porsche automobile for $6,000. After...

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