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PEOPLE v. VANREES

No. 03SC290.

125 P.3d 403 (2005)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Vernon L. VANREES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

December 19, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Suthers, Attorney General, Matthew S. Holman, First Assistant Attorney General, Appellate Division, Criminal Justice Section, Denver, for Petitioner.

David S. Kaplan, Colorado State Public Defender, Andrew C. Heher, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for Respondent.

BENDER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

We review the court of appeals' decision in People v. Vanrees, 80 P.3d 840 (Colo.App. 2003), which held that a criminal defendant need not comply with the pleading requirements of the insanity statute in order to introduce evidence of his mental slowness to contest the culpable mental element of the crime charged. In addition, that court reversed Vanrees's convictions for the crimes...

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