People v. Velarde

HODGES, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals’ opinion in People v. Velarde, 630 P.2d 100 (Colo.App.1981). This case involves defendants Richard Velarde and John Edward Vigil, whose convictions for felony escape were reversed by the court of appeals on the ground that the evidence of the underlying felonies for which they were arrested was insufficient as a matter of law. We disagree and therefore reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.

Defendants Velarde and Vigil were charged under section 18-8-208(3), C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8) with felonious escape…