People v. Haymaker

DUBOFSKY, Justice.

The defendant, Edward T. Haymaker, appeals his conviction and the sentence imposed by the District Court for Mesa County for first degree sexual assault, and a crime of violence. We determine that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying a mistrial when a witness referred to certain evidence outside the scope of a stipulation or in admitting evidence of the victim’s state of mind after the commission of the crime. We also determine that the defendant’s sentence for sexual assault was proper because the provisions of sections 16-11-309(1) and…