Arellano v. People

Opinion by

MR. JUSTICE LEE.

Eugene E. Arellano was convicted by a jury in Denver district court of possession of a narcotic drug, cannabis. He seeks reversal of the judgment of conviction on the sole ground that the trial court improperly instructed the jury on the law of circumstantial evidence. We affirm.

Arellano argues that the People’s evidence was primarily circumstantial in nature and, if the jury was improperly instructed, the judgment must be reversed. He contends the instruction failed to plainly and accurately state the law and was so unclear as to confuse the jury rather than guide…