Supreme Court of Colorado, 2024

The People of the State of Colorado/Cross-Respondent v. Javier Vega Dominguez/Cross-Petitioner

The People of the State of Colorado/Cross-Respondent v. Javier Vega Dominguez/Cross-Petitioner
Supreme Court of Colorado · Decided December 23, 2024

The People of the State of Colorado/Cross-Respondent v. Javier Vega Dominguez/Cross-Petitioner

Opinion

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The People of the State of Colorado, Petitioner/Cross-Respondent
v.
Javier Vega Dominguez, Respondent/Cross-Petitioner

No. 24SC319

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc

December 23, 2024


          Court of Appeals Case No. 21CA1144

         Petition and Cross-Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED.

         Whether the court of appeals improperly held that Colorado's equal protection doctrine was plainly violated by respondent's conviction for attempted patronizing a prostituted child because it prohibited the same conduct as attempted inducement of child prostitution.

         Whether the trial court reversibly erred by failing to instruct the jury on a required mental state for the crime of soliciting for child prostitution, and whether the required mental state for soliciting for child prostitution is intentionally.

DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES.

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