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PEOPLE v. VELARDE

No. 78-371.

630 P.2d 100 (1981)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard VELARDE and John Edward Vigil, Defendants-Appellants.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

Rehearing Denied April 16, 1981.

Certiorari Granted June 15, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart A. Van Meveren, Dist. Atty., Loren B. Schall, Asst. Dist. Atty., Francis H. Oldham, Deputy Dist. Atty., Fort Collins, for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Gregory Walta, Colo. State Public Defender, Jonathan L. Olom, Sp. Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendants-appellants.

KELLY, Judge.

The defendants were convicted of felonious escape under § 18-8-208(3), C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8). Among their assertions on appeal, they argue that there was insufficient evidence to support their convictions. We agree and reverse.

On October 3, 1976, Officer Carl Cooper, pursuant to a theft investigation, arrested the defendants and brought them to the Estes Park Police Station. The following day, while still being detained at the police...

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