BALES v. PEOPLE

No. 83SC370.

713 P.2d 1280 (1986)

Leonard Earl BALES, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Vela, State Public Defender, Jody Sorenson Theis, Deputy State Public Defender, Karen A. Chaney, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for petitioner.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Dolores S. Atencio, Asst. Atty. Gen., Appellate Section Denver, for respondent.


NEIGHBORS, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the unpublished decision of the court of appeals in People v. Bales, No. 82CA0657, slip op. (Colo.App. Sept. 1, 1983), in which it affirmed the conviction of the defendant, Leonard Earl Bales, for felony menacing.1 The court of appeals upheld the trial court's denial of the defendant's in limine motion to prohibit the district attorney's use of a prior conviction for impeachment...

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