Constantine v. People

Defendant Constantine, and two others, were charged with unnatural carnal copulation and conspiracy to commit the same. At the time of the alleged offenses, the defendant, the other participants, and the victim, were fellow inmates at the Denver County Jail. A jury found the defendant not guilty of committing the act itself, but guilty of conspiracy to commit the act. The defendant urges reversal on the basis of several assignments of error, one of which is meritorious and requires reversal and remand for a new trial.

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The trial court allowed the two detectives, who interrogated the defendant,…