PEOPLE v. GRIFFITH

No. 28438.

595 P.2d 231 (1979)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jimmy Lee GRIFFITH, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied June 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., David W. Robbins, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., David Schwartz, Maureen E. Phelan, Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Craig L. Truman, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Margaret L. O'Leary, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


ERICKSON, Justice.

Jimmy Lee Griffith was convicted by a jury of second-degree burglary, section 18-4-203, C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8), and criminal mischief over $100, section 18-4-501 C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8). On appeal, he asserts that the evidence was insufficient to sustain conviction of either charge and that the credibility of two minor witnesses was such that the court should have granted his motion for a judgment of acquittal. Griffith relies upon...

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