Riley v. People

We review the court of appeals' decision in People v. Riley, 240 P.3d 334 (Colo.App. 2009), affirming petitioner Anthony Douglas Riley's convictions for attempted reckless manslaughter, reckless second degree assault, and a crime of violence sentence enhancer. The court of appeals, relying on its interpretation of this Court's opinion in Peo*1091ple v. Jones, 675 P.2d 9 (Colo.1984), conelud-ed that the trial court erred when it declined to submit Riley's suggested multiple assailants instruction to the jury. The court of appeals determined, however, that the error was harmless. It thus affirmed…