Legal Opinion
People v. Lybarger
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided May 20, 1985No. 83SA433, 84SA236PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Justice.
In this appeal the defendant, Jon Court-land Lybarger, challenges his conviction of felony child abuse resulting in death. 1 Among his claims are the following, which we address in this opinion: that the trial court erred in declaring on its own motion that the affirmative defense of treatment through spiritual means, as provided in sections 18-6-401(6) and 19-1-114, 8 C.R.S. (1978), abridged the constitutional prohibition against legislation respecting the establishment of religion, U.S. Const, amend. I; Colo. Const, art. II, § 4; that the trial court erred in deleting the…
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