PEOPLE v. NARANJO

No. 91SC473.

840 P.2d 319 (1992)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Sammy NARANJO, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied November 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart A. Van Meveren, Dist. Atty., Loren B. Schall, Asst. Dist. Atty., Eighth Judicial Dist., Fort Collins, for petitioner.

David F. Vela, State Public Defender, Thomas R. Williamson, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for respondent.


Justice QUINN delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted the People's petition for certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in People v. Naranjo, 821 P.2d 836 (Colo.App.1991), in order to determine whether the defendant, Sammy Naranjo, was deprived of his constitutional right to testify at his 1977 trial due to the failure of his trial attorney to adequately inform him of that right and, if so, whether any such...

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