Legal Opinion
People v. Stewart
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided September 9, 2002No. 00SC672PublishedCited by 247 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Mullarkey
We are reviewing the court of appeals' decision in People v. Stewart, 26 P.3d 17 (Colo.Ct.App.2000), reversing the defendant's assault conviction arising out of an incident in which the vehicle he was driving struck and seriously injured a pedestrian. The court of appeals held that Wayne Robert Stewart's conviction of reckless second degree assault with a deadly weapon, section 18-3-203(1)(d), 6 C.R.S. (2001), violates equal protection of the laws, U.S. Const. Amend. XIV; Colo. Const. Art II, See. 25, because it imposes a more severe penalty for the same behavior proscribed by the vehicular…
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