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· 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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