People v. Romero

VAN CISE, Judge.

Defendant, Eugene Romero, appeals a judgment of conviction and life sentence entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of felony theft, second degree burglary, and, in a bifurcated trial, five habitual criminal counts. We affirm.

In 1985, police responded to a burglary in progress call after neighbors reported seeing two men in a Denver home. One officer who had seen one of the men emerge from a window in the home pursued this burglar on foot. During the chase the officer was able to get a good look at the burglar’s physique and facial appearance when he turned and looked…