People v. Muckle

At issue here is the trial court’s discretion under section 18-1-408(3), C.R.S. (2004), to impose consecutive sentences on a defendant who is found guilty of multiple convictions involving a single victim when the convictions may be based on identical evidence. The People challenge the court of appeals’ decision below vacating the trial court’s consecutive sentencing of the defendant, Jermaine Muekle, and remanding the case to the trial court for the imposition of concurrent sentences. People v. Muckle, No. 95CR1028, slip op. at 1, 2003 WL 1848579 (Colo.App.2003) (not selected for official…