Legal Opinion

People v. Terry

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided June 2, 1986No. 84SA380PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROVIRA, Justice.

Douglas J. Terry, the defendant, was convicted in the Boulder County District Court of second-degree sexual assault. He appeals his conviction asserting that the statute under which he was convicted, section 18-3-403(l)(h), 8 C.R.S. (1978), is unconstitutional.1 He also contends that the trial court erred in denying his request to present surrebuttal evidence. We uphold the constitutionality of the statute but reverse and remand for a new trial because the defendant should have been allowed to present surrebuttal evidence. Because we order a new trial, we deem it unnecessary…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  4. People v. CastroSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
  5. People v. BlueSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Ashton v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1995
  2. People v. WoodSupreme Court of Colorado · 1987
  3. Collins v. JaquezColorado Court of Appeals · 2000
  4. People v. DIST. CT., CITY & CTY. OF DENVERSupreme Court of Colorado · 1991
  5. People v. MucklowSupreme Court of Colorado · 2000

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