PEOPLE v. TRUJILLO

No. 82CA1227.

686 P.2d 1364 (1984)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jake TRUJILLO, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 1984.

Certiorari Denied September 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., John Milton Hutchins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Michael J. Heher, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


ENOCH, Chief Judge.

Defendant, Jake Trujillo, appeals a judgment of conviction of aggravated robbery and a mandatory sentence for violent crime. Defendant raises two contentions on appeal: That the court improperly admitted irrelevant and prejudicial evidence, and that the jury was erroneously instructed on the mens rea requirement of aggravated robbery. We disagree and affirm.

The evidence at trial established that a man with a sawed-off shotgun robbed...

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