PEOPLE v. HUGGINS

No. 07CA1259.

220 P.3d 977 (2009)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jeffrey Allen HUGGINS, Sr., Defendant-Appellee.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

Rehearing Denied April 30, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pete Hautzinger, District Attorney, J. Andrew Lauer, Senior Trial Deputy District Attorney, Christopher Nerbonne, Deputy District Attorney, Grand Junction, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Douglas K. Wilson, Colorado State Public Defender, David G. Eisner, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellee.


Opinion by Judge RUSSEL.

The People appeal the trial court's order dismissing criminal charges against defendant, Jeffrey Allen Huggins, Sr. We have jurisdiction under section 16-12-102(1), C.R.S.2008. See People v. Collins, 32 P.3d 636, 639 (Colo.App.2001). We conclude that the court abused its discretion in dismissing the charges because it misapprehended the legal standard that governs the amount and type of hearsay that...

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