People v. Ortiz

Opinion by

JUDGE J. JONES

¶ 1 Defendant, James Augustine Ortiz, appeals that portion of the district court’s sentencing order requiring him to pay $1,415.85 in restitution, representing the cost to repair a state patrol car damaged in the course of a state trooper’s attempt to apprehend him. Relying principally on Dubois v. People, 211 P.3d 41 (Colo.2009), defendant contends that because he did not plead guilty to an offense that specifically identifies the state patrol as a victim, the state patrol is not a victim in this case within the meaning of the restitution statutes. We conclude,…