Dunton v. People

Willie Dunton, the defendant, appeals a judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of first degree sexual assault. The court of appeals affirmed the trial court in People v. Dunton, 881 P.2d 390 (Colo.App.1994). We affirm the court of appeals.

I

Dunton met the fifteen-year old female victim at a swimming pool in an apartment complex where the victim’s aunt lived. On the following day, the victim was babysitting her younger cousin when she encountered Dunton in an apartment doorway. According to the victim, Dunton grabbed her, pulled her into the apartment, locked the…