James v. People

We granted certiorari to review the decision of the Colorado Court of Appeals in People v. James, 694 P.2d 356 (Colo.App.1984), which affirmed the conviction of Jarvis James for first degree sexual assault. The trial court instructed the jury that first degree sexual assault can be committed by causing submission of the victim in any one of three specified ways. On appeal, the defendant contended that the general verdict of the jury could not be sustained because there was no evidence to support one of these three alternative means of causing submission. The court of appeals found this…