PEOPLE v. FITE

No. 79SA553.

627 P.2d 761 (1981)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joan Francise FITE, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

April 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary J. Mullarkey, Sol. Gen., R. Michael Mullins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Duthie & Tate, Harry G. Tate, Durango, for defendant-appellant.


QUINN, Justice.

The defendant, Joan Fite, appeals her conviction for murder in the second degree. She asserts various grounds for reversal including the claimed unconstitutionality of the second degree murder statute, section 18-3-103(2), C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl.Vol.8), the sufficiency of the prosecution's evidence to support the conviction, and various evidentiary rulings made by the court during the trial. We affirm the...

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