Legal Opinion

People v. Gallegos

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided August 14, 1997No. 95CA0889PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge BRIGGS. ■

Defendant, Kenneth B. Gallegos, appeals the judgment of conviction entered upon jury verdicts finding him guilty of attempted second degree assault, felony menacing, and possession of a dangerous weapon. He contends the trial court erred in admitting evidence of a friend’s guilty plea, in rejecting his tendered self-defense instructions, and in failing to inform the jury that defendant had requested an instruction on a lesser non-included offense as part of his theory of defense. We affirm.

Defendant stopped a car he was driving and fired five rounds from a shotgun.…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. People v. RiveraSupreme Court of Colorado · 1974
  2. Walker v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1997
  3. People v. SkinnerColorado Court of Appeals · 1991
  4. Beckett v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
  5. Biel v. AlcottColorado Court of Appeals · 1993

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. People v. SilvaColorado Court of Appeals · 1999
  2. Juhl v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2007
  3. People v. MandezColorado Court of Appeals · 1999
  4. People v. SimpsonColorado Court of Appeals · 2004
  5. People v. Thoro Products Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 2002

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