People v. Cole

ROVIRA, Justice.

The People challenge the trial court’s order granting the defendant a new trial on the grounds that he did not receive effective assistance of counsel. 1 Because the record supports the trial court’s ruling, we affirm.

I

Defendant, Henry R. Cole, was charged with felony theft and forgery arising from a transaction between Cole and the Cripple Creek-Victor School District (school district). Cole was an insurance agent in Cripple Creek, Colorado, and was affiliated with Advantage II, a licensed insurance agency in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

In July 1984, Cole persuaded the school…