PEOPLE v. THOMPSON

No. 86SA221.

748 P.2d 793 (1988)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Terry Lee THOMPSON, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

January 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt P. Schulke, Dist. Atty., Robert H. Wheeler, Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Peter F. Michaelson, Deputy Dist. Atty., Breckenridge, for plaintiff-appellant.

No appearance for defendant-appellee.


ERICKSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by the prosecution on a question of law pursuant to section 16-12-102, 8A C.R.S. (1985), to review the trial court's entry of a judgment of acquittal on a charge of felony child abuse at the close of the prosecution's case. We do not favor appeals by the prosecution where the sole issue is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain a conviction. People v. Kirkland, 174 Colo. 362, 483 P.2d 1349<...

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