PEOPLE v. TRUJILLO

No. 06CA0697.

251 P.3d 477 (2010)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eugene Robert TRUJILLO, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

June 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Suthers , Attorney General, John D. Seidel , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

The Viorst Law Offices, P.C., Anthony Viorst , Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.


Opinion by Judge WEBB.

Defendant Eugene Robert Trujillo's sole contention on appeal is that the trial court erred by admitting the victim's hearsay statements under section 13-25-129, C.R.S. 2009. Trujillo asserts that the statute should be interpreted as applying to victims who were "less than fifteen years of age at the time of the offense," and here the victim was sixteen years old when he allegedly assaulted her.

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