PEOPLE v. SCARLETT

No. 96CA2221.

985 P.2d 36 (1998)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William E. SCARLETT, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

Rehearing Denied October 22, 1998.

Certiorari Denied September 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, Jane G. Ebisch, Special Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Claudia Brett Goldin, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Lisa Dixon, Deputy State Public Defender, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.


Opinion by Judge PLANK.

Defendant, William E. Scarlett, appeals the judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of vehicular homicide. We affirm.

While driving his pickup truck, defendant saw an obstacle ahead in the road. After his vehicle skidded to a stop, defendant realized that he had struck and killed a child who had been riding a bicycle.

A subsequent police investigation indicated that defendant was speeding and that...

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