PEOPLE v. RUSSO

No. 81CA0267.

677 P.2d 386 (1983)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert John RUSSO, also known as Andres Antonio Valdez, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1983.

Certiorari Granted January 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G.F. Sandstrom, Dist. Atty., Patrick J. Delaney, Deputy Dist. Atty., Pueblo, for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Linda Hotes, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


TURSI, Judge.

Defendant appeals his convictions of first degree sexual assault, second degree kidnapping, violent crime, and habitual criminality. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

The record reveals that shortly after midnight, three women were leaving a bar in Pueblo when a man approached them with a gun and ordered them into their car. Eventually, the man parked the car, ordered the three to undress, and sexually assaulted one of them. Officers in...

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