PEOPLE v. BUSTOS

No. 84CA1072.

725 P.2d 1174 (1986)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gilbert P. BUSTOS, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

August 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mark S. Bove, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


SMITH, Judge.

Defendant, Gilbert Bustos, appeals the judgment of the trial court entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of possession of cocaine. We affirm.

On the evening of April 8, 1982, defendant and a friend invited two prostitutes to "party" at defendant's home. When the women arrived, they were offered a white powdery substance that was represented to be cocaine. After several attempts to cook and smoke the substance, which caused them to cough...

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