PEOPLE v. WEST

No. 84SA210.

724 P.2d 623 (1986)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joel Saunders WEST, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Nathan Coats, John Daniel Dailey, Eric Perryman, Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

William F. Reynard, Gerald E. Piper, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


QUINN, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Joel Saunders West, appeals his conviction for sexual assault on a child. He claims that the statutory definition of "sexual contact" in section 18-3-401(4), 8 C.R.S. (1978), which definition is an essential component of the crime of sexual assault on a child, is unconstitutionally vague in violation of due process of law.1 In addition to his constitutional...

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