YERBY v. PEOPLE

No. 23850.

489 P.2d 1308 (1971)

Preston Eugene YERBY, Plaintiff in Error, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied November 15, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Caddes, Denver, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., James F. Pamp, David A. Sorenson, Asst. Attys. Gen., for defendant in error.


MARVIN W. FOOTE, District Judge*.

Defendant was found guilty of vehicular homicide in the District Court in Jefferson County.

A young man's body was found, together with parts of the bicycle he had been riding, alongside a street in Jefferson County. Defendant drove his damaged truck by the scene the morning the victim was discovered. He was stopped, questioned by the police, advised of his rights, and arrested.

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