PEOPLE v. CALVARESI

No. 79SA65.

600 P.2d 57 (1979)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John C. CALVARESI, George A. Turner, and Sarah Burnett, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied October 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

James G. Johnston, Denver, for defendants-appellants John Calvaresi and George A. Turner.

Wallace L. Vander Jagt, Denver, for defendant-appellant Sarah Burnett.


ROVIRA, Justice.

Defendants John Calvaresi, George Turner, and Sarah Burnett were convicted by a jury of violating the first-degree arson statute, section 18-4-102(1), C.R.S.1973.1 All three defendants appeal the trial court's ruling (1) admitting evidence of motive, (2) denying their motion for judgment of acquittal, and (3) giving an instruction on complicity. We affirm the trial court in each...

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