Case Name: The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Roy Hayes JOHNSON III, Respondent
Court: Colorado Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Colorado
Decision Date: 1991-07-15
Citations: 815 P.2d 427
Docket Number: No. 90SC330
Parties: The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Roy Hayes JOHNSON III, Respondent.
Judges: QUINN, J., dissents, and LOHR and KIRSHBAUM, JJ., join in the dissent.
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 815
Pages: 427–427

Head Matter:
The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Roy Hayes JOHNSON III, Respondent.
No. 90SC330.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.
July 15, 1991.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 16, 1991.
Gale A. Norton, Atty. Gen., Raymond T. Slaughter, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Timothy M. Tymkovich, Sol. Gen., Deborah Isen-berg Pratt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for petitioner.
David F. Vela, State Public Defender, Robin Desmond, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for respondent.

Opinion:
Justice ERICKSON
delivered the Opinion of the Court.
Certiorari was granted to determine whether first-degree sexual assault (section 18 — 3—402(3)(a), 8B C.R.S. (1986)), merges with second-degree kidnapping (section 18-3-302(3)(a), 8B C.R.S. (1986)). The court of appeals, relying on People v. Henderson, 794 P.2d 1050 (Colo.App.1989), held that the merger doctrine required that the sexual assault conviction and sentence be vacated. 802 P.2d 1105. We reversed People v. Henderson, holding that sexual assault did not merge into second-degree kidnapping. People v. Henderson, 810 P.2d 1058 (Colo.1991).
Accordingly, we reverse the court of appeals and remand with directions to reinstate the judgment of conviction and sentence imposed on Roy Hayes Johnson III for sexual assault.
QUINN, J., dissents, and LOHR and KIRSHBAUM, JJ., join in the dissent.