Legal Opinion
Evans v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided September 30, 1985No. 83SC451PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOHR, Justice.
We granted certiorari to review the Colorado Court of Appeals’ unpublished opinion in People v. Evans, No. 81CA1242. At issue in this criminal case is the trial court’s instruction on the affirmative defense of entrapment. The court of appeals rejected the defendant’s challenge to the instruction, holding that the addition to CJI-Crim. 7:10 of language from our opinion in Bailey v. People, 630 P.2d 1062 (Colo.1981), interpreting the entrapment defense was not misleading, confusing, or an incorrect statement of the law. We reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Francis v. FranklinSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Graham v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
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3Cited by23 opinions
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