Legal Opinion
People v. Darland
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided July 28, 1980No. 79SA191PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, Justice.
The People bring this appeal, pursuant to section 16-12-102, C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8) and C.A.R. 4(b), from an order of the Weld County District Court granting its sua sponte motion for judgment of acquittal. We reverse and remand.
Defendant-appellee, Thomas Darland, was charged with two counts of violation of section 18-3-405, C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8), sexual assault on a child. The district court granted defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal on the second count at the conclusion of the prosecution’s case. Defendant did not, however, move for judgment of…
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