Legal Opinion
People v. Stellabotte
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided July 2, 2018No. 16SC661, PeoplePublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUSTICE HOOD delivered the Opinion of the Court.
¶ 1 Respondent John Stellabotte owned a towing company that he used to illegally tow cars and then demand payment from the owners. At the time he did this, his thefts constituted a class 4 felony. But before he had been convicted and sentenced, the General Assembly changed the theft statute to make the crime a class 5 felony, with a correspondingly lower sentence. The amendment to the theft statute did not say whether it applied prospectively or retroactively. Without any party bringing this statutory change to the trial court's attention, it…
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