PEOPLE v. LOPEZ

Court of Appeals No. 13CA1681.

399 P.3d 129 (2015)

2015 COA 45

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Guerreros Lorenzo LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

Rehearing Denied May 21, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General, Lisa K. Michaels , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Martinez Law, LLC, Esteban A. Martinez , Longmont, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.


¶ 1 This appeal requires us to resolve two novel issues. First, did the crime of obstructing a peace officer, as it was defined in 2011, only apply to a defendant's conduct during an arrest? We answer this question "no." We analyze this issue in Part II.A.2.b.

¶ 2 Second, if a court denied a defendant...

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