PEOPLE v. MATTHEWS

No. 84CA0170.

717 P.2d 970 (1985)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William McKinley MATTHEWS, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1985.

Certiorari Denied April 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

David F. Vela, Colo. State Public Defender, Peggy O'Leary, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


KELLY, Judge.

The defendant, William Matthews, appeals from a judgment of conviction of attempted first degree arson. He contends that the trial court erred in precluding him from introducing psychiatric testimony concerning his mental condition, alcohol idiosyncratic intoxication, which he offered to negate the culpable mental state for the crime charged. We affirm.

During an in camera hearing on the prosecutor's motion to exclude psychiatric testimony of...

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