PEOPLE v. HERRERA

No. 01CA1511.

87 P.3d 240 (2003)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Manuel HERRERA, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

Rehearing Denied February 26, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Katherine A. Hansen, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David S. Kaplan, Colorado State Public Defender, Nancy J. Lichtenstein, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.


Opinion by Judge CASEBOLT.

Defendant, Manuel Herrera, Jr., appeals the judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict rejecting his insanity defense and finding him guilty of first degree murder. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Some hours after defendant's father told him he needed to get a job or move out of the family home, defendant retrieved a knife from the garage, walked to his parent's bedroom, awakened his father, and stabbed him repeatedly...

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