PEOPLE v. DURAN

No. 76-203.

577 P.2d 307 (1978)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas DURAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

Rehearing Denied February 2, 1978.

Certiorari Denied April 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Jean E. Dubofsky, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., David K. Rees, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Rollie R. Rogers, Colorado State Public Defender, James F. Dumas, Jr., Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Ilene P. Buchalter, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


KELLY, Judge.

Thomas Duran was convicted by a jury of two counts of first-degree murder. The trial court reduced one of the convictions to second-degree murder because of an erroneous verdict form. Duran appeals, contending: (1) The jury was incorrectly instructed on self-defense; (2) the lesser offense of criminally negligent homicide should have been submitted to the jury; (3) there was insufficient evidence of premeditation to sustain the convictions for first...

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