People v. Aragon

QUINN, Justice.

The defendant, Valentino L. Aragon, appeals from his conviction of aggravated robbery, section 18-4-302, C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8). 1 He claims that the statutory definition of aggravated robbery, which permits a conviction upon proof of either the mens rea of specific intent or the culpable mental state of “knowingly,” violates equal protection of the laws. He also argues that the trial court committed reversible error in refusing his tendered instructions on the lesser offenses of attempted aggravated robbery and simple robbery. We are unpersuaded by the defendant’s…