PEOPLE v. DEROULET

No. 00SC626.

48 P.3d 520 (2002)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Jesse Allen DEROULET, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing July 1, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeanne M. Smith, District Attorney, Gordon R. Denison, Deputy District Attorney, Office of the District Attorney, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Matthew S. Holman, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

David S. Kaplan, Colorado State Public Defender, Anne Stockham, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent.


Justice MARTINEZ delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether a criminal defendant is entitled, upon request, to a proportionality review of his sentence under Colorado's habitual criminal statute, as amended in 1993, and, if so, whether the sentencing court erred in reducing defendant Jesse Deroulet's sentence. We hold that a defendant is entitled, upon request, to an abbreviated proportionality review of a sentence...

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