PEOPLE v. MONTOYA

No. 94CA1199.

928 P.2d 781 (1996)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Phillip Michael MONTOYA, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 1996.

Certiorari Denied November 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Stephen K. ErkenBrack, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Timothy M. Tymkovich, Solicitor General, Sandra K. Mills, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David F. Vela, State Public Defender, Thomas M. Van Cleave, III, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for Defendant-Appellant.


Opinion by Judge BRIGGS.

Defendant, Phillip Michael Montoya, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of attempted second degree murder and four counts of second degree assault. He contends that an inadequate advisement concerning his right to testify and two errors in the self-defense instructions require reversal. We affirm.

From the evidence presented, the jury could have found the following facts. Defendant and a friend...

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