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PEOPLE v. BETTIS

No. 78-1149.

602 P.2d 877 (1979)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arthur John BETTIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

Rehearing Denied August 23, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., Jeffrey Weinman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Steven R. Rider, Aurora, for defendant-appellant.

COYTE, Judge.

Defendant, a volunteer fireman, was responding to an emergency call when his car struck and killed a bicyclist. In a trial to the court, he was acquitted of vehicular homicide and found guilty of criminally negligent homicide. We affirm.

Defendant's primary contention is that the judgments were inconsistent, i. e., that acquittal of vehicular homicide requires findings of fact irreconcilable with...

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