PEOPLE v. LEONARD

No. 78-999.

608 P.2d 832 (1979)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Luther Eric LEONARD, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 1980.

Certiorari Denied April 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., Maureen Phelan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Lawrence J. Schulman, Sp. Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


KELLY, Judge.

Luther Eric Leonard appeals his conviction of second degree burglary and theft of over $200. He contends that the trial court erred in limiting his cross-examination of a witness regarding the witness' juvenile record, in refusing his theory of the case instruction, and in declining to rule that the evidence of value was insufficient to support a finding of theft of more than $200. We reverse.

Ronnie Hanna testified for the People about the defendant...

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