PEOPLE v. MATTAS

Nos. 80SA192, 80SC143.

645 P.2d 254 (1982)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward J. MATTAS, Defendant-Appellant. Edward J. MATTAS, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing May 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Margaret L. O'Leary, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for Edward J. Mattas.

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary J. Mullarkey, Sol. Gen., Maureen Phelan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for The People of the State of Colorado.


DUBOFSKY, Justice:

We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in People v. Mattas, Colo.App., 618 P.2d 675 (1980). The defendant, Edward J. Mattas, separately appealed his sentence, imposed by the El Paso County District Court, and the Court of Appeals transferred the sentence appeal to this Court.1 We consolidated the cases and now affirm the defendant's conviction and sentence...

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