PEOPLE v. CHAVEZ

No. 86CA0228.

743 P.2d 53 (1987)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joe CHAVEZ, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

Rehearing Denied June 4 and June 11, 1987.

Certiorari Granted September 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Timothy E. Nelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Linda Perkins, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


Certiorari Granted (People) September 14, 1987.

TURSI, Judge.

Defendant, Joe Chavez, Jr., appeals both the judgment of conviction entered by the trial court for the offense of attempting to introduce contraband into a detention facility and the enhanced sentence which was imposed. We affirm the judgment but vacate the sentence.

While detained at the Weld County jail, the defendant and another inmate were observed in a shower stirring a substance contained...

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