A.C., IV v. PEOPLE

No. 99SC472.

16 P.3d 240 (2001)

A.C., IV, a Child, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

January 22, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis W. Hartley, P.C., Dennis W. Hartley, Kimberly K. Caster, Colorado Springs, CO, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Clemmie Parker Engle, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Appellate Division, Criminal Justice Section, Denver, CO, Attorneys for Respondent.


Justice KOURLIS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In 1997, then thirteen-year-old A.C. inadvertently shot and killed his sixteen-year-old friend. The People filed a delinquency petition alleging that A.C. committed an act, which if committed by an adult, would have constituted the class four felony of reckless manslaughter. The delinquency petition also charged A.C. with the class two misdemeanor of possession of a handgun by a juvenile.

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