PEOPLE v. CHRISTIAN

No. 80SA403.

632 P.2d 1031 (1981)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Darryl CHRISTIAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

August 31, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Dick Gottsegen, Colorado Springs, for defendant-appellant.


QUINN, Justice.

Darryl Christian (defendant) was convicted of the crimes of child abuse, section 18-6-401, C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8), a class three felony, and reckless manslaughter, section 18-3-104(1)(a), C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8), a class four felony. In this appeal he contends that the disparity in the statutory penalties for the two offenses violates equal protection of the laws, that the court erred in its rulings on numerous evidential matters during...

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