Case Name: The People of the State of Colorado v. Harold F. Huston
Court: Colorado Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Colorado
Decision Date: 1979-02-05
Citations: 197 Colo. 125
Docket Number: No. 28182
Parties: The People of the State of Colorado v. Harold F. Huston
Judges: 
Reporter: Colorado Reports
Volume: 197
Pages: 125–126

Head Matter:
No. 28182
The People of the State of Colorado v. Harold F. Huston
(589 P.2d 1367)
Decided February 5, 1979.
Robert R. Gallagher, Jr., District Attorney, James C. Sell, Chief Deputy, Paul A. King, Deputy, for plaintiff-appellant.
J. Gregory Walta, State Public Defender, Craig L. Truman, Chief Deputy, Forrest W. Lewis, Deputy, for defendant-appellee.
En Banc.

Opinion:
Per Curiam
Defendant Huston was charged with first-degree criminal trespass under section 18-4-502, C.R.S. 1973 (Repl. Vol. 8), which makes first-degree criminal trespass a class 5 felony. He moved to dismiss on the grounds that section 18-4-502 proscribes the same conduct as section 18-4-504, C.R.S. 1973 (Repl. Vol. 8), which makes third-degree criminal trespass a class 1 petty offense.
The district court held that section 18-4-502 was unconstitutional, finding that it punishes as a felony the same conduct which 18-4-504 punishes as a misdemeanor. We reverse and hold the statute to be constitutional. People v. Marshall, 196 Colo. 381, 586 P.2d 41 (1978), is dispositive of the issue raised here.
The judgment of the district court is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with the views here expressed.