PEOPLE v. NELSON

Court of Appeals No. 12CA2452.

369 P.3d 733 (2015)

2015 COA 123

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph NELSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

Announced September 10, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General, Rebecca Adams Jones , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Douglas K. Wilson , Colorado State Public Defender, Nathaniel E. Deakins , Deputy Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.


¶ 1 Defendant, Joseph Nelson, was charged with aggravated cruelty to animals, cruelty to animals, and underage possession of alcohol after a 2011 incident in which he killed his mother's dog. Nelson was a juvenile at the time of the offense, but he was charged as an adult under Colorado's direct filing statute, Ch. 264...

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