Carnes v. People

Carnes was convicted of aggravated robbery and sentenced to the state penitentiary. He seeks reversal of this judgment and sentence and, as grounds therefor, asserts error in the failure of the trial court to instruct the jury on specific intent. An examination of the record convinces us that the trial court committed error in refusing to give the instruction on specific intent which Carnes requested and tendered.

The record discloses a situation on all fours procedurally with that contained in Gonzales v. People, 166 Colo. 556, 445 P.2d 74, which opinion had not yet been announced at the time…