PEOPLE v. TAFOYA

No. 80CA0261.

654 P.2d 1342 (1982)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard F. TAFOYA, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

Rehearing Denied August 26, 1982.

Certiorari Denied November 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, James England, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


KELLY, Judge.

Defendant, Richard F. Tafoya, appeals his convictions of second degree burglary and three habitual offender counts. Tafoya, who appeared pro se at his trial, contends that his right to testify was impermissibly burdened, that he was prejudiced by certain trial court admonitions, that his motion for new trial should have been granted, and that there was insufficient evidence of his identity at the habitual offender phase of the trial. We reverse and remand...

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