· 7/13/1959
Gray v. People
Citations
- 342 P.2d 627
- 139 Colo. 583
- 1959 Colo. LEXIS 475
How courts have described this case
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- holding that defendant cannot allege error where trial court gives an instruction which defendant demands
- \[W]e cannot consider the trial court to be in error for giving an instruction demanded by the defense.\
- “[W]e cannot consider the trial court to be in error for giving an instruction demanded by the defense.”
- “[D]efendant cannot inject an erroneous statement of law into an argument before the trial court and then rely on his own error to obtain a reversal on appeal.”
- invited error rule applicable to preclude consideration of defendant’s challenged jury instruction on similar offense evidence, which instruction was given at defense counsel’s request
- invited error rule applicable to preclude consideration of defendant's challenged jury instruction on similar offense evidence, which instruction was given at defense counsel's request
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