People v. Geisendorfer
Colorado Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge BRIGGS.
Defendant, Grant M. Geisendorfer, appeals the judgment of conviction entered upon jury verdicts finding him guilty of felony menacing, prohibited use of a weapon, and reckless endangerment. We affirm.
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Defendant contends that his menacing conviction must be reversed because the jury was not properly instructed that defendant’s conduct must have placed the victim in fear of “imminent” serious bodily injury. He ar gues that, by omitting any reference to “imminent” in the instruction, the trial court omitted an element of the offense, resulting in a structural error subject…
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