PEOPLE v. REED

No. 83CA1385.

695 P.2d 806 (1984)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gertrude Cecille REED, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 1985.

Certiorari Pending as of May 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Maureen Phelan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

David F. Vela, Colo. State Public Defender, Claire Levy, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


VAN CISE, Judge.

Defendant, Gertrude Cecille Reed, appeals a judgment of conviction based on a jury verdict finding her guilty of second degree murder and a count seeking enhanced punishment for commission of a crime of violence. We affirm.

The evidence showed that Mrs. Reed and her husband, Reginald Reed, had had a series of violent domestic disputes. Mr. Reed had decided to obtain a divorce.

On the evening of February 23, 1983, the two began to argue...

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