Massey v. People

DUBOFSKY, Justice.

We granted certiorari to consider the decision of the Court of Appeals in People v. Massey, (No. 77-1029, announced July 24, 1980) affirming the defendant Wesley Massey’s convictions in Fremont County District Court of escape under section 18-8-208(2), C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8) and three counts of habitual criminal under section 16-13-101(2), C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8; current version in 1981 Supp.).1 The defendant contends that evidence of his arrest should not have been admitted at trial, the trial court failed to properly instruct the jury on escape, the trial…