PEOPLE v. ORTEGA

No. 92CA1679.

899 P.2d 236 (1994)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph ORTEGA, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 1994.

Certiorari Denied August 14, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale A. Norton, Atty. Gen., Stephen K. ErkenBrack, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Timothy M. Tymkovich, Sol. Gen., Laurie A. Booras, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

David F. Vela, Colo. State Public Defender, Nancy J. Lichtenstein, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


Opinion by Judge BRIGGS.

Defendant, Joseph Ortega, appeals from a judgment of conviction of second degree assault and of four counts as an habitual criminal. We affirm.

Defendant was involved in an altercation with two other men in an alley. A police officer responded, found one of the men in the alley bleeding, and stopped defendant as he was leaving the scene. The officer brought defendant into the security office of an adjacent store. He handcuffed defendant...

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