PEOPLE v. BOOKMAN

No. 80SC116.

646 P.2d 924 (1982)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Ben Earl BOOKMAN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Gallagher, Jr., Dist. Atty., James C. Sell, Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Steven R. Polidori, Deputy Dist. Atty., Littleton, for petitioner.

J. Gregory Walta, State Public Defender, Norman R. Mueller, Shelley Gilman, Deputy State Public Defenders, Denver, for respondent.


LEE, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the decision of the court of appeals in People v. Bookman, Colo.App., 615 P.2d 44 (1980), which reversed the defendant's conviction by a jury of reckless manslaughter, section 18-3-104(1)(a), C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8). We reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and remand with directions.

The defendant, Ben Earl Bookman, Jr., was initially charged with two counts...

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