People v. Lee

QUINN, Justice.

The defendant, David Scott Lee (defendant), appeals his conviction based on a general jury verdict of guilty to murder in the first degree. His principal contention is that the statutory definition of extreme indifference murder, which was submitted to the jury for its consideration under the general verdict, is constitutionally infirm. We recently resolved the constitutionality of extreme indifference murder in People v. Marcy, Colo., 628 P.2d 69 (1981), and, on the basis of that decision, the defendant’s conviction must be reversed. Although the defendant asserts several…