Legal Opinion

People v. Hernandez-Luis

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided March 10, 1994No. 92CA0501PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge HUME.

Defendant, Esteban Hernandez-Luis, appeals from the sentence imposed following his entry of a plea of guilty to a vehicular homicide committed on June 13, 1991. We affirm.

Defendant maintains the trial court erred by imposing the maximum aggravated sentence of eight years provided for a conviction of a class 5 felony offense pursuant to § 18-l-105(l)(a)(IV), C.R.S. (1993 Cum.Supp.) and § 18-1-105(6), C.R.S. (1986 Repl. Vol. 8B). We disagree.

A trial court may impose a sentence outside the applicable presumptive range only if, based on evidence in the record of the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. People v. WatkinsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
  2. People v. WalkerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
  3. Flower v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
  4. Rocha v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
  5. People v. SanchezSupreme Court of Colorado · 1989

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. EuriosteColorado Court of Appeals · 2000
  2. People v. CampbellColorado Court of Appeals · 2002
  3. People v. QuintanoColorado Court of Appeals · 2004
  4. People v. MooreColorado Court of Appeals · 1995
  5. People v. MyersColorado Court of Appeals · 2001

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