PEOPLE v. JAMES

Nos. 94CA1498, 94CA1601.

937 P.2d 781 (1996)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John H. JAMES, a/k/a John Henry James, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1996.

Certiorari Denied May 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Lawrence D. Saunders, Pueblo, for Defendant-Appellant.


OPINION

Opinion by Judge ROY.

In this consolidated appeal, defendant, John H. James, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of first degree murder. We affirm.

While serving a life sentence for one count of first degree murder and three counts of attempted first degree murder, defendant beat, stabbed, and killed a fellow inmate because of an apparent disagreement over a gambling debt. That crime resulted in...

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