Martinez v. People

Plaintiff in error will be referred to as the defendant. Following a trial to a jury he was convicted of the crimes of burglary and conspiracy to commit burglary, and was sentenced to confinement for an indeterminate term (not to exceed five years), in the reformatory at Buena Vista, Colorado.

On writ of error to this court it is argued that the trial court erred in giving Instruction No. 12, which purported to set forth the statutory definition of an accessory to a crime. It contained, inter alia, the following:

“A. It is necessary for you to consider the portion following of the statutory…