PEOPLE v. ALWARD

No. 79CA0980.

654 P.2d 327 (1982)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Douglas James ALWARD, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 1982.

Certiorari Granted November 15, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary J. Mullarkey, William Morris, Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Jody Sorenson Theis, Asst. State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


ENOCH, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction of second degree burglary, first degree assault, and attempted first degree murder. We affirm.

About 8:30 a.m. on April 30, 1978, Edward Scown descended the stairs from the second floor of his Durango home and discovered defendant (age 16) standing about four feet from him, brandishing a hunting knife with a 5-inch blade. After Mr. Scown demanded that defendant leave, defendant lunged at him and stabbed him; a...

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