WHITEAKER v. PEOPLE

Supreme Court Case No. 22SC673.

2024 CO 25

Taunia Marie Whiteaker, Petitioner, v. The People of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

May 6, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Megan A. Ring , Public Defender, Leah Scaduto , Deputy Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Grant R. Fevurly , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent.

delivered the Opinion of the Court, in which and joined.


¶ 1 This case is a bit of an outlier. Unlike most cases we see, the parties here agree on the answer to the question presented — whether first degree criminal trespass of a dwelling is a lesser-included offense of second degree burglary.1 Both parties say it...

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