People v. Farr
People v. Farr
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the Court.
On this appeal, the defendant argues that the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion for judgment of acquittal on count 2 since the same evidence under which the jury acquitted the defendant on the substantive charge of possession of narcotic drugs was the only evidence before the jury on the related conspiracy charge. The Attorney General has confessed error, agreeing with the defendant that the defendant’s conviction on the conspiracy count must be reversed.
After review of the record, we also agree that the only evidence of any conspiracy to possess narcotic drugs on the part of the defendant was the same evidence the jury found to be insufficient to support a guilty verdict on the substantive possession count (1). For this reason, the conspiracy conviction must be reversed. Feltes v. People, 178 Colo. 409, 498 P.2d 1128 (1912); Fagin v. People, 174 Colo. 540, 484 P.2d 1216 (1971); Carter v. People, 169 Colo. 531, 458 P.2d 236 (1969); Petty v. People, 167 Colo. 240, 447 P.2d 217 (1968); and Robles v. People, 160 Colo. 297, 417 P.2d 232 (1966).
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded with directions to grant the defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal.
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE PRINGLE and MR. JUSTICE ERICKSON do not participate.
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