PEOPLE v. STRACHAN

No. 87SA329.

775 P.2d 37 (1989)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ronald James STRACHAN, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Smith, Dist. Atty., Frank H. Oldham, Sp. Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, for plaintiff-appellant.

Craig L. Truman, P.C., Craig L. Truman, Denver, for defendant-appellee.


VOLLACK, Justice.

The prosecution appeals the Adams County District Court's entry of a judgment of acquittal notwithstanding the verdict, entered after a jury found Strachan guilty of first degree perjury. We reverse.

I.

In 1985 the Colorado State Grand Jury conducted an investigation of alleged improprieties by members of the City Council for the City of Thornton, Colorado. The allegations were that certain individuals including Ronald Strachan...

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