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PEOPLE v. RYAN

No. 89SA497.

806 P.2d 935 (1991)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dennis Edward RYAN, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart A. VanMeveren, Dist. Atty., Loren B. Schall, Asst. Dist. Atty., Steven K. Sharpe and Jolene L. Carman, Deputy Dist. Attys., Fort Collins, for plaintiff-appellant.

Frey, Lach & Michaels, P.C., John P. Frey, Hale, Smith & Williams, P.C., Michael D. Liggett, Fort Collins, for defendant-appellee.

Justice VOLLACK delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The People appeal the trial court's dismissal of the information filed against the defendant, Dennis Ryan, and its ruling that Colorado's criminal libel statute, § 18-13-105, 8B C.R.S. (1986), is facially unconstitutional. We reverse and remand with instructions.

I.

On April 13, 1989, the defendant was charged with criminal libel in violation of section 18-13-105, 8B C.R.S. (1986). That section...

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