Colorado Court of Appeals· 12/23/2004

People v. Dunlap

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124 P.3d 780
2004 WL 2002439

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noting that evidence that doesn’t relate to any proposition that must be proved may nonetheless be admissible as background information
concluding counsel wasn’t ineffective for failing to file a timely Crim. P. 35(b) motion because defendant hadn’t “demonstrated a reasonable likelihood that his sentence would have been reduced”
holding that the prosecutor’s questions to the jury — “Would you want to be moved, particularly in the way [the victim] was, with a gun touching your right temple? Do you think you would feel that your risk of harm was being substantially increased?” — were improper
finding failure to impeach witness did not demonstrate a reasonable probability that the additional information would have caused a different outcome
affirming instruction that tracked language of statute and pattern jury instruction
the defendant was not deprived of his right to a unanimous verdict, even though the theft instruction included both the “without authorization” and “threat and deception” theories

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Judges: Marquez, Kapelke, Piccone

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