PEOPLE v. THOMAS

No. 87CA1108.

789 P.2d 470 (1989)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph D. THOMAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

Rehearing Denied November 16, 1989.

Certiorari Granted March 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., and Wendy J. Ritz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

David F. Vela, State Public Defender, and Barbara S. Blackman, Chief Appellate Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


Opinion by Judge PLANK.

Defendant, Joseph D. Thomas, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of attempted heat of passion manslaughter, first degree assault committed in a heat of passion, and crime of violence. We affirm.

Defendant was charged with attempted first degree murder, first degree assault, and crime of violence as the result of an incident in which he struck his employer with a machete after his employer attempted...

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