Legal Opinion

People v. Whitman

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided December 27, 2007No. 04CA1428PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge BERNARD.

Defendant, Joshua J. Whitman, appeals the júdgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of two counts of sexual assault on a child. He also appeals the sentence imposed. We affirm.

I. Background

' RW and JW (the girls) are sisters who were six and seven years old, respectively, in 2003. Defendant is the girls’ uncle. In early 2003, defendant would frequently sleep at his brother’s home, where the girls lived.

The girls told their grandmother that defendant sexually assaulted them several times in their home while their parents were sleeping.…

2Cases cited81 opinions

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