People v. O'DONNELL
Supreme Court of Colorado
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hodges
Defendant O’Donnell was found guilty, by a jury of two counts of rape. (Statutory rape and forcible rape). Both counts involved the same victim and incident. The trial court imposed two consecutive sentences of 90 years to life. On appeal, the defendant urges reversal on the basis of seven alleged errors. We affirm the convictions but remand to the trial court for imposition of concurrent sentences.
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The defendant argues that the evidence is insufficient to support the jury’s guilty verdict of forcible rape. On appeal, we will not disturb the verdict of a jury when there is substantial…
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