PEOPLE v. SHELDON

No. 79SA137.

602 P.2d 869 (1979)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lance Julius SHELDON, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

J. Gregory Walta, Colo. State Public Defender, Craig L. Truman, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Ilene P. Buchalter, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


HODGES, Chief Justice.

The defendant appeals his conviction for felony child abuse. Sections 18-6-401(1)(c) and (7), C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8). The issues on appeal involve the propriety of jury instructions and the sufficiency of the evidence. We reverse the conviction.

The defendant was charged following an incident in which he had placed his infant child into a bathtub containing hot water. This was done because the child had soiled her pants and...

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