PEOPLE v. MYERS

No. 28494.

599 P.2d 891 (1979)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Lewes MYERS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

August 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., David W. Robbins, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., Linda Palmieri Rigsby, Sarah Scott Sammons, Asst. Attys. Gen., Appellate Section, Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Craig L. Truman, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Paula K. Miller, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


LEE, Justice.

Defendant appeals his convictions of vehicular homicide, section 18-3-106, C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8), and vehicular assault, section 18-3-205(1), C.R.S.1973 (1975 Supp.). We affirm.

Trial was to a jury. The evidence presented showed that in the early morning hours of February 22, 1976, defendant drove his pickup truck into the on-coming traffic lane, striking a Volvo automobile head-on. Expert testimony established defendant's speed at approximately...

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