PEOPLE v. ACOSTA

No. 79CA0704.

620 P.2d 55 (1980)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Allan A. ACOSTA, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

October 30, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary J. Mullarkey, Sol. Gen., Robert C. Lehnert, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Robert A. Breindel, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


PIERCE, Judge.

Defendant appeals from judgments of conviction rendered by a jury on charges of vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, and assault in the third degree. We affirm.

On April 15, 1978, a truck driven by defendant crossed the center lane of Highway 16 and collided with an oncoming vehicle, killing the other driver and injuring passengers in both vehicles. Evidence adduced by the prosecution established that defendant had consumed approximately six...

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