PEOPLE v. SPROUSE

No. 98SC119.

983 P.2d 771 (1999)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. William Charles SPROUSE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Barbara McDonnell, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Michael E. McLachlan, Solicitor General, Peter J. Cannici, Assistant Attorney General, Appellate Division, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

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


Justice RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari in order to review People v. Sprouse, 962 P.2d 300 (Colo.App. 1997), in which the court of appeals reversed the trial court's denial of the defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal. The defendant appealed the judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of criminal attempt to commit sexual assault on a child.

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