PEOPLE v. EDWARDS

No. 97CA0232.

971 P.2d 1080 (1998)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William EDWARDS a/k/a Willy Edwards, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

Certiorari Denied May 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, Hugo Teufel, III, Deputy Solicitor General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee

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


Opinion by Judge TAUBMAN.

Challenging the constitutionality of the habitual criminal statute, §16-13-103, C.R.S. 1998, on the ground that it denies a defendant the right to a jury trial on habitual criminal charges, defendant, William Edwards, appeals the trial court adjudication determining him to be a habitual criminal. We do not agree that the statute is unconstitutional and, therefore, affirm.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of first degree assault...

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