PEOPLE v. CHARD

No. 89SC547.

808 P.2d 351 (1991)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Richard John CHARD, III, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale A. Norton, Atty. Gen., Raymond T. Slaughter, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Timothy M. Tymkovich, Sol. Gen., John Daniel Dailey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Denver, for petitioner.

Klauzer & Tremaine, Randall W. Klauzer, Steamboat Springs, McGill Professional Law Corp., Ralph A. Cantafio, Steamboat Springs, for respondent.


Justice VOLLACK delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The People appeal the court of appeals reversal of Richard John Chard's (the defendant) conviction on five criminal counts of aggravated incest. The court of appeals held that reversal was warranted because of the trial court's failure to compel the seven-year-old victim to submit to involuntary psychological and physical examinations. We reverse.

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