Legal Opinion
People v. Ray
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 6, 1981No. 79SA347PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOHR, Justice.
This is an appeal by the People from a judgment of acquittal granted by the trial court after a jury had been unable to reach a verdict on a second-degree burglary 1 charge against the defendant, Larry D. Ray. In addition to asserting error in granting the judgment of acquittal, the People challenged the trial court’s ruling denying the People’s offer of evidence of two allegedly similar transactions. We approve the entry of the judgment of acquittal but disapprove the exclusion of the evidence concerning similar transactions.
On October 26, 1978, during the mid-day absence of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by23 opinions
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