PEOPLE v. RUSSO

No. 83SC389.

713 P.2d 356 (1986)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Robert John RUSSO, a/k/a Andres Antonio Valdez, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing February 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., and John Daniel Dailey, Asst. Atty. Gen. Denver, for petitioner.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, and Linda Hotes, Deputy State Public Defender, Brighton, for respondent.


QUINN, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the decision of the court of appeals in People v. Russo, 677 P.2d 386 (Colo.App.1983), which reversed the defendant's conviction for second degree kidnapping, and first degree sexual assault, the jury's special finding that the defendant committed a crime of violence, and the judgment and life sentence imposed for habitual criminality. In ordering a new trial, the court...

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