KEY v. PEOPLE

No. 84SC96.

715 P.2d 319 (1986)

Kipling G. KEY, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Vela, Colo. State Public Defender, Rachel A. Bellis, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for petitioner.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Maureen Phelan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondent.


ERICKSON, Justice.

Kipling Key, the defendant, was convicted of first-degree murder1 in the El Paso County District Court. The court of appeals affirmed. People v. Key, 680 P.2d 1313 (Colo.App.1984). The court held that although one of the trial court's jury instructions defining "after deliberation" was erroneous, the error was harmless beyond a reasonable...

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