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PEOPLE v. DOWDELL

No. 27756.

589 P.2d 948 (1979)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael C. DOWDELL, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale Tooley, Dist. Atty., Brooke Wunnicke, Chief Appellate Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, for plaintiff-appellant.

John A. Purvis, Acting Colo. State Public Defender, Craig L. Truman, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Thomas M. Van Cleave III, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellee.

KELLEY, Justice.

The People appeal from an order of the Denver District Court granting a judgment of acquittal after a jury found the defendant, Michael Dowdell, guilty. The court erred. We, therefore, order the verdict reinstated.

This case arose from an incident in which the defendant severely beat Haden Alldredge, an older man. Dowdell was charged in a two-count information with assault in the first degree in the course of and in furtherance of the attempted...

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