Legal Opinion

People v. Geisendorfer

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided September 16, 1999No. 97CA2025PublishedCited by 23 opinions

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…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Neder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  2. Sullivan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. People v. GutierrezSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
  4. Lujan v. Colorado State Board of EducationSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
  5. People v. MoodySupreme Court of Colorado · 1984

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3Cited by23 opinions

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  4. People v. SalyerColorado Court of Appeals · 2003
  5. People v. CarterColorado Court of Appeals · 2015

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