PEOPLE v. CHILDS

No. 28418.

610 P.2d 101 (1980)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harold Lofton CHILDS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary J. Mullarkey, Sol. Gen., Kathleen M. Bowers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Appellate Section, Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Treece, Zbar, King, Schieman & Stanley, P. C., Gordon E. Schieman, Littleton, for defendant-appellant.


ERICKSON, Justice.

The defendant, Harold Lofton Childs, appeals his conviction under the mandatory sentencing for crimes of violence provisions of section 16-11-309, C.R.S. 1973 (now in 1978 Repl. Vol. 8). He contends that the section is violative of the equal protection clauses of the Colorado and United States Constitutions because it does not include all violent crimes within its scope. In addition, the defendant asserts...

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