People v. Cook

Opinion by

Judge TAUBMAN.

Defendant, John Henry Cook, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of felony murder, robbery, and being a habitual criminal. We affirm defendant's felony murder conviction, vacate the robbery and habitual criminal convictions, and remand for correction of the mittimus.

In January 1998, while defendant and the co-defendant were visiting defendant's son in Woodland Park, Colorado, defendant called a massage therapist (victim) to his son's trailer home and agreed to exchange his handyman skills for a massage. The victim was later…