PEOPLE v. ESQUIBEL

No. 78-695.

599 P.2d 981 (1979)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jimmy ESQUIBEL, a/k/a Jimmie Esquibel, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

August 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Anthony M. Marquez, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Hugh R. Warder, Glenwood Springs, for defendant-appellant.


VAN CISE, Judge.

Defendant Jimmy Esquibel was convicted of first degree assault as a result of the May 1977 beating and knifing of Armando Romero (the victim). Contending that the trial court made several evidentiary errors and that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, defendant appeals. We affirm.

I.

Defendant first contends that it was prejudicial error for the court, at the request of the prosecution, to call as the court's own...

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