PEOPLE v. WILLIAMSON

No. 10SA325.

249 P.3d 801 (2011)

In re the PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff v. Craig Dumene WILLIAMSON, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 11, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Chambers , District Attorney, Eighteenth Judicial District, David C. Jones , Senior Deputy District Attorney, Centennial, Colorado, for Plaintiff.

Douglas K. Wilson , Public Defender, Jessica Schmidt , Deputy Public Defender, Dana Menzel , Deputy Public Defender, Centennial, Colorado, for Defendant.


Justice RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In this opinion, we hold that evidence of past acts of solicitation of prostitution, even when no sexual contact or intercourse occurred, is "sexual conduct" and thus protected under Colorado's Rape Shield Statute, section 18-3-407, C.R.S. (2010). We therefore make this rule absolute and remand for a hearing pursuant to section 18-3-407(2)(c).

I. Facts and Proceedings Below

The defendant, Craig Williamson...

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