PEOPLE v. SPOTO

No. 88SC611.

795 P.2d 1314 (1990)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Vincent Joseph SPOTO, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing August 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., and Clement P. Engle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for petitioner.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender and Kathleen A. Lord, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for respondent.


Justice LOHR delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to review the judgment of the Colorado Court of Appeals reversing the conviction of defendant Vincent Joseph Spoto for first degree murder and a crime of violence. See People v. Spoto, 772 P.2d 631 (Colo.App.1988). The issue upon which review was granted is whether the district court erred in admitting evidence of a prior incident involving the defendant...

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