Legal Opinion
People v. Lowe
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided February 19, 1998No. 96CA1368PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge NEY.
Defendant, Gerald P. Lowe, appeals the trial court’s order denying his request for a jury trial to determine his eligibility for release from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Corrections and ordering such release be effected. We reverse the order and remand for a jury trial.
In August 1992, defendant was indicted on two counts of first degree murder. He pled not guilty by reason of insanity to the second count and the court entered the same plea for the first count. Jurors were unable to reach a verdict in his sanity trial.
In a subsequent trial to the…
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