Legal Opinion
People v. August
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided April 21, 2016No. Court of Appeals No. 15CA0161PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
JUDGE DAILEY
T1 The People appeal the trial court's order dismissing, on double jeopardy grounds, charges against defendant, Daniel Christian August, .We vacate and remand with directions to reconsider the issue.
I. Facts .
4 2 In July 2009, the People charged defefl; dant with the kidnapping and sexual, assault of his former wife (the victim) that had alleg*142edly occurred earlier that month,. He was tried twice on those charges.
13 The first time, the trial court declared a mistrial and dismissed the charges, on federal double jeopardy grounds, based on a finding that the prosecution had…
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