PEOPLE v. VEGA

No. 91CA1664.

870 P.2d 549 (1993)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juan Cruz VEGA, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 1993.

Certiorari Granted April 11, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale A. Norton, Atty. Gen., Raymond T. Slaughter, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Timothy M. Tymkovich, Sol. Gen., Wendy J. Ritz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, David M. Furman, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


Opinion by Judge DAVIDSON.

Defendant, Juan Cruz Vega, appeals from a judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of possession with intent to distribute more than 28 grams of cocaine. We affirm.

Defendant, a resident of California, and two other men were arrested after transporting cocaine from Los Angeles to Denver and offering it for sale to undercover federal Drug Enforcement Agents. A police informant had been involved in initiating...

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