PEOPLE v. JANES

No. 98SC185.

982 P.2d 300 (1999)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Mark Kelso JANES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Barbara McDonnell, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Michael E. McLachlan, Solicitor General, John Daniel Dailey, Deputy Attorney General, Robert Mark Russel, First Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth Rohrbough, Assistant Attorney General Criminal Enforcement Section, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Scott H. Robinson, Scott H. Robinson, P.C., Denver, Colorado, Attorney for Respondent.


Chief Justice MULLARKEY delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari in People v. Janes, 962 P.2d 315 (Colo.App.1998), to determine whether the jury was properly instructed as to certain affirmative defenses raised at trial by the defendant, Mark Kelso Janes (Janes).1

Janes appealed the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of manslaughter. Finding...

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