PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

No. 80SA256.

648 P.2d 665 (1982)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael Joseph WRIGHT, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

July 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Anderson, Special Deputy Dist. Atty., Dennis Faulk, Deputy Dist. Atty., Colorado Springs, for plaintiff-appellant.

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Susan L. Fralick, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellee.


LEE, Justice.

The defendant, Michael Joseph Wright, was charged with the first degree murder of a child, and he entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. After a trial to the court on the issue of the defendant's sanity, the court entered its order finding the defendant not guilty by reason of insanity. The People bring this appeal of the judgment,1 arguing that the evidence was insufficient, as a matter of law, to support the...

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