PEOPLE v. JORDAN

No. 80SA49.

630 P.2d 613 (1981)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Henderson Joe Willie JORDAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

July 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary J. Mullarkey, Sol. Gen., Susan P. Mele-Sernovitz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Robert Breindel, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


HODGES, Chief Justice.

The defendant-appellant challenges his sentence to the state penitentiary as unduly harsh and excessive. We affirm.

The defendant was charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree assault, attempted first-degree assault, attempted first-degree murder, aggravated robbery, first-degree sexual assault, and mandatory sentences for violent crimes. The defendant pled guilty to first-degree assault, section 18-3-202(1)(a), C.R.S.1973 (now...

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