Since counsel alluded to the statement in an effort to buttress his defense, the prosecution was entitled to elicit the verbatim statement for consideration by the jury. See Peterson v. People, 153 Colo. 23, 384 P.2d 460. Under the circumstances, we cannot say that its introduction in evidence constitutes reversible error. IV.

Responsible counselors do not submit contentions of error unless support therefor can be found in the record. It sufficeth to refer to Peterson v. The People, 153 Colo. 23, 384 P.2d 460. In his motion for new trial, defendant did, however, assert error in the admission into evidence of his shoe and samples of glass from the door of Powell's building, as being prejudicial to his defense.

See, e.g. , Phillips v. People , 170 Colo. 520, 532-33, 462 P.2d 594, 600 (1969), overruled on other grounds by People v. Helm , 633 P.2d 1071 (Colo. 1981) ; Falgout v. People , 170 Colo. 32, 45, 459 P.2d 572, 579 (1969) ; Morehead v. People , 167 Colo. 287, 291, 447 P.2d 215, 217 (1968) ; Moore v. People , 164 Colo. 222, 230-32, 434 P.2d 132, 136-37 (1967) ; Marshall v. People , 160 Colo. 323, 326-27, 417 P.2d 491, 493 (1966) ; Moreno v. People , 156 Colo. 503, 506, 400 P.2d 899, 900 (1965) ; Peterson v. People , 153 Colo. 23, 27-28, 384 P.2d 460, 462 (1963).¶ 64 In any event, I think it was inadvisable for the McCoy majority to rely on a perceived inference (and, in my view, an incorrect one at that) from an almost fifty-year-old decision.