LAWRENCE v. PEOPLE

Supreme Court Case No. 19SC556.

486 P.3d 269 (2021)

2021 CO 28

Shaun David Keller LAWRENCE, Petitioner v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioner: Megan A. Ring , Public Defender, Jessica A. Pitts , Deputy Public Defender, Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondent: Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Brittany L. Limes , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Tung Chang, Securities Commissioner for the State of Colorado: Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Robert W. Finke , First Assistant Attorney General, Jordanna L. Haskins , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Janna K. Fischer , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc.: Ballard Spahr LLP, Theodore J. Hartl , Denver, Colorado.

En Banc.


¶1 This prosecution for securities fraud and theft requires us to address three questions. First, we must decide whether the agreement entered into by defendant Shaun Lawrence and the victim, D.B., was an investment contract and therefore a security for purposes of the Colorado Securities...

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