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ALVAREZ v. PEOPLE

No. 81SC36.

653 P.2d 1127 (1982)

Pedro Patlan ALVAREZ, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 15, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Gregory Walta, Colo., State Public Defender, Steven J. Merker, Richard P. Holme, Sp. Deputy State Public Defenders, Denver, for petitioner.

J.D. MacFarlane, Colo. Atty. Gen., Richard Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary J. Mullarkey, Sol. Gen., David K. Rees, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondent.

Alperstein, Alperstein & Forman, Donald W. Alperstein, Denver, Designated Counsel for respondent.

LOHR, Justice.

The defendant, Pedro Patlan Alvarez, was convicted of second-degree assault1 after trial to a jury. The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed in People v. Alvarez, 624 P.2d 358 (Colo.App.1980), and we granted certiorari. The defendant challenges his conviction on three grounds. First, Alvarez argues that he was prejudiced by a juror's use of a dictionary to aid her in understanding terms...

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