Colorado Court of Appeals· 4/6/2006

People v. Torres

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141 P.3d 931
2006 Colo. App. LEXIS 483
2006 WL 871170

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noting that the trial court could not order treatment because it sentenced the defendant to prison
noting other acts of domestic violence against the victim were logically relevant because they “had a tendency to show that it was more probable that [the defendant] intended to commit [the charged crimes]”
“Evidence of a prior act of domestic violence is relevant to show the defendant’s intent to harm the victim, rather than merely to frighten her.”
“[W]hen, as here, [a] defendant does not object to the lack of 5 contemporaneous limiting instructions or request additional ones, reversal for lack of a limiting instruction is not required.”
“[T]he evidence [of a prior act of domestic violence] had a tendency to show that it was more probable that [the defendant] intended to commit the acts of domestic violence.”
allowing evidence of defendant's prior domestic violence against victim

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Judges: Nieto, Roy, Loeb

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