WELLS v. PEOPLE

No. C-1631.

592 P.2d 1321 (1979)

Langford WELLS a/k/a Lankford Wells, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Craig L. Truman, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Lee J. Belstock, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for petitioner.

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., David W. Robbins, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., Robert C. Lehnert, Asst. Atty. Gen., App. Section, Denver, for respondent.


LEE, Justice.

The defendant was charged and convicted of aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery. The court of appeals affirmed, and certiorari was granted. We reverse because of deficiencies in the jury instructions.

On September 11, 1974, checks belonging to Diana Hansen were taken during an armed robbery by three men. Two months and nine days later, the defendant was arrested on an unrelated...

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