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PEOPLE v. PEREZ

No. 79CA1111.

644 P.2d 40 (1981)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ramon PEREZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

Rehearing Denied November 5, 1981.

Certiorari Denied April 5, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Susan L. Fralick, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.

STERNBERG, Judge.

Following his conviction of vehicular homicide, defendant Ramon Perez appeals. We affirm.

Perez asserts that the trial court erred in not instructing the jury to convict only if they found his conduct to be "the sole proximate cause" of the death, rather than merely using the phrase "the proximate cause." We see no meaningful difference between the two phrases. This is not a situation where...

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