PEOPLE v. CORNETT

No. 82CA1242.

685 P.2d 224 (1984)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Dean CORNETT, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

Rehearing Denied March 22, 1984.

Certiorari Denied August 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Banowetz, Liggett & Moore, Thomas H. Moore, Fort Collins, for defendant-appellant.


PIERCE, Judge.

Defendant, William Dean Cornett, appeals his jury conviction of second degree burglary asserting, as error, among other things, the improper communication of information to the jury while it was in deliberations. We reverse.

During the People's case-in-chief, the trial court allowed a co-defendant to testify concerning his pleas of guilty to burglary and theft, but properly refused to allow defense counsel to question him concerning the sentences...

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