PEOPLE v. THOMPSON

No. 83CA1208.

717 P.2d 972 (1985)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stefan Charles THOMPSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1985.

Certiorari Granted March 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., and Robert M. Petrusak, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, and Judy Fried, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


Certiorari Granted (People) March 31, 1986.

TURSI, Judge.

Stefan Charles Thompson was convicted of class 2 felony child abuse in the death of Sequetha Minick. He appeals the conviction on the ground that the definition of "knowingly" presented to the jury was erroneous as a matter of law. We reverse and remand for new trial.

On November 8, 1982, Sequetha Minick, age four months, died from a loss of blood due to internal bleeding precipitated by a sudden...

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