People v. Nuanez

A jury found the defendant, Caesar Nua-nez, guilty of one count of second-degree assault arising out of an altercation with a police officer during the course of a traffic stop. The court of appeals subsequently reversed Nuanez’s conviction, holding that the trial court erred in admitting evidence that Nuanez was subject to the terms and condi tions of a deferred sentence for burglary at the time of the assault. See People v. Nuanez, No. 96CA0188, slip op. at 5 (Colo.App. Oct. 9, 1997) (not selected for publication). Thereafter, the prosecution brought this appeal. We hold that the trial…