PEOPLE v. CRUMP

No. 87SA219.

769 P.2d 496 (1989)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nathaniel CRUMP, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

February 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barney Iuppa, Dist. Atty., Robert M. Brown, Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Linda A. McMahan, Deputy Dist. Atty., Colorado Springs, for plaintiff-appellant.

Susemihl, Lohman, Kent, Carlson & McDermott, P.C., Kathleen A. Carlson, Colorado Springs, for defendant-appellee.


QUINN, Chief Justice.

The People appeal from a ruling of the district court construing the crime of felony menacing as defined by section 18-3-206, 8B C.R.S. (1986), to be a specific intent crime. In keeping with its statutory interpretation, the district court instructed the jury that the mental culpability requirement of the offense was the "specific intent to place another person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury."1 We hold...

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