Deeds v. People

ERICKSON, Justice.

Petitioner Richard Guy Deeds was charged with two counts of sexual assault on a child and was convicted of the second count. The court of appeals affirmed the conviction, 712 P.2d 1055, and Deeds petitioned for certiorari. We granted certiora-ri on two issues: (1) Whether the trial court erred by refusing the defendant’s tendered instruction on the standard of proof to be used by a jury to determine the voluntariness of the defendant’s statements; and (2) whether the trial court erred by admitting rebuttal testimony that was allegedly irrelevant to the charges at trial. We…