PEOPLE v. BOWEN

No. 81SA460.

658 P.2d 269 (1983)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Walter Lew BOWEN, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

February 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Gallagher, Jr., Dist. Atty., Catherine P. Richardson, Deputy Dist. Atty., Littleton, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jim Leventhal, P.C., Denver, for defendant-appellee.


ROVIRA, Justice.

The defendant, Walter Lew Bowen, was charged by information with the offense of theft by receiving.1 Because one of the dates alleged was outside the period of the statute of limitations,2 the People moved to amend the information. The trial court denied the motion and granted the defendant's motion to dismiss. We reverse.

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