PEOPLE v. BYRUM

No. 89CA0074.

784 P.2d 817 (1989)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carroll D. BYRUM, Defendant-Appellee.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. A.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing July 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander M. Hunter, Dist. Atty., and C. Phillip Miller, Asst. Dist. Atty., Boulder, for plaintiff-appellant.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, and Jaydee K. Bachman, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellee.


Opinion by Judge RULAND.

The People appeal the trial court's modification of the defendant's mandatory sentence for violent crime pursuant to § 16-11-309(1)(a), C.R.S. (1986 Repl.Vol. 8A). We affirm the modified sentence.

The defendant, Carroll D. Byrum, was convicted of manslaughter and second-degree murder in the shooting deaths of his estranged wife and her male companion in 1985. Pursuant to § 16-11-309(1)(a), the defendant was sentenced to 24...

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