PEOPLE v. SERRAVO

No. 89CA0318.

797 P.2d 782 (1990)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert Pasqual SERRAVO, Defendant-Appellee.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

Rehearing Denied May 3, 1990.

Certiorari Granted October 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Gallagher, Jr., Dist. Atty., James C. Sell, Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Englewood, for plaintiff-appellant.

Fogel, Keating & Wagner, P.C., Steven R. Polidori, Anthony D. Hall, Denver, for defendant-appellee.

Jane S. Hazen, Fairplay, for amicus curiae, Colorado Crim. Defense Bar.


Opinion by Judge PIERCE.

A jury verdict found defendant, Robert Pasqual Serravo, not guilty by reason of insanity of attempt to commit first degree murder. The People appeal on a question of law concerning an instruction given the jury. We approve the trial court ruling.

The record shows that defendant had become preoccupied with delusions that he was on a mission from God to establish a community for evangelizing his religious ideals. However, he felt his...

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