Legal Opinion
Yusem v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 22, 2009No. 08SC526PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rice
We granted certiorari 1 to review the decision of the court of appeals upholding the admission of prior act evidence. See People v. Yusem, No. 06CA930, 2008 WL 2058269 (Colo.App. May 15, 2008) (not selected for official publication). Ryan Yusem was con-viected of felony menacing for pulling a gun against the driver of a van who Yusem thought was threatening to run him down. Yusem claimed he used the gun in self-defense. The trial court admitted evidence of a prior act where Yusem, a deputy sheriff, yelled at and caused an apartment manager to feel intimidated while Yusem was off-duty but…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. Stephen Roderick McRaeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Stull v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1959
- People v. SpotoSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
- People v. GarciaSupreme Court of Colorado · 2001
- People v. GaffneySupreme Court of Colorado · 1989
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3Cited by89 opinions
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