PEOPLE v. PADILLA

No. 79CA0472.

626 P.2d 748 (1981)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Beatrice Marie PADILLA, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

March 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary J. Mullarkey, R. Michael Mullins, Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Pena, Pena & Nieto, P.C., Arthur S. Nieto, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


STERNBERG, Judge.

The defendant, Beatrice Marie Padilla, appeals her conviction of second degree forgery, asserting, among other things, that the information was insufficient, and the second degree forgery statute is unconstitutional as applied to the facts of this case. We affirm.

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