PEOPLE v. COOPER

No. 95CA1765.

950 P.2d 620 (1997)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Samuel W. COOPER, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1997.

Certiorari Granted February 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Karen N. Taylor, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for Defendant-Appellant.


Opinion by Judge KAPELKE.

Defendant, Samuel W. Cooper, appeals a judgment of conviction entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of second degree burglary and assault on the elderly. We affirm.

The convictions arose from events that took place on March 1, 1995, when defendant broke into his mother's home in violation of a restraining order and assaulted her.

At trial, defendant testified that his mother had invited him to her home and that he had...

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