PEOPLE v. WHITE

No. 83SA333.

679 P.2d 602 (1984)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Eric Dewayne WHITE, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman S. Early, Jr., Dist. Atty., O. Otto Moore, Asst. Dist. Atty., Denver, for plaintiff-appellant.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Barbara S. Blackman, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellee.


ERICKSON, Chief Justice.

The Denver District Court suspended four years of an eight year and one day sentence imposed on the defendant, Eric Dewayne White. The district attorney appealed asserting that the legislatively prescribed parameters on sentencing may not be circumvented by suspending part of the sentence. We agree and accordingly reverse and remand with directions.

I.

The defendant was convicted by a jury of first-degree aggravated motor...

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