Legal Opinion

People v. Catron

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided December 8, 1983No. 82CA1287PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TURSI, Judge.

Defendant, Ronald Jay Catron, appeals from the trial court's decision to condition his four-year probation for vehicular homicide on the payment of $100 per month restitution to the two minor children of the decedent. We reverse.

On July 3, 1981, the defendant was involved in a car accident which resulted in the death of Mark Cornwell (decedent). Defendant was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide and one count of negligent homicide. The defendant pled guilty to one count of vehicular homicide and the remaining counts were dismissed. The defendant received a four-year…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Cumhuriyet v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
  2. People v. KingColorado Court of Appeals · 1982
  3. People v. CeraColorado Court of Appeals · 1983

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. People v. DeadmondSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
  2. People v. PhillipsColorado Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. People v. BrignerColorado Court of Appeals · 1999
  4. People v. StewartColorado Court of Appeals · 1996
  5. Rumple v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1988

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