PEOPLE v. PETERSON

No. 81SC189.

656 P.2d 1301 (1983)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Billy Wayne PETERSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Russel, Dist. Atty., David H. Zook, Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Colorado Springs, for petitioner.

J. Stephen Price, Colorado Springs, for respondent.


DUBOFSKY, Justice.

We granted the People's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the judgment of the Court of Appeals in People v. Peterson, 633 P.2d 1088 (Colo.App.1981). The Court of Appeals remanded the case for a new trial because of the district court's failure to sever trial of the substantive criminal charges from trial of the charge of possession of a weapon by a previous offender. We affirm in part, reverse in...

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