DOUGLAS v. PEOPLE

No. 97SC694.

969 P.2d 1201 (1998)

Donald D. DOUGLAS, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Joan E. Mounteer, Deputy State Public Defender Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, John Daniel Dailey, Deputy Attorney General, Robert Mark Russel, First Assistant Attorney General, Lauren A. Edelstein, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Enforcement Section, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent.


Justice SCOTT delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In this case, we must decide whether the trial court erred when it admitted evidence of two prior incidents in which the defendant used a gun, when not threatened by the use of force by another, in order to rebut defendant's claims of self-defense and defense of premises.1 We hold that it did not.

Evidence of other acts, while not admissible to prove the character of a person in...

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