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· 6/28/1971

Marn v. People

Citations

  • 486 P.2d 424
  • 175 Colo. 242
  • 1971 Colo. LEXIS 819

How courts have described this case

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  • a variance between the specific date as alleged in the information and the date proved at trial is not fatal
  • proper theory of defense instruction should conclude with \concise statement of the legal theory of defense\
  • competence of child-witness is question addressed to sound discretion of trial court
  • competence of child-witness is question addressed to sound discretion of trial court
  • trial court may decline to give proposed instruction that merely reargues evidence because defendant is afforded opportunity to argue facts in evidence during closing argument and is not entitled to have them \reiterated in instructions given by the court\

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Judges: Oyer G. Leary

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