People v. Forsythe
Colorado Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
*653Opinion by
Judge METZGER.
Defendant, Renee Marie Forsythe, appeals the district court's order denying her Crim. P. 35(c) motion to correct an illegal sentence. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand the case for further proceedings.
Defendant, who is developmentally disabled, lived with several of her children who ranged in age from approximately eighteen months to seven years. In June 1997, she left two of her sons, ages eighteen months and thirty months, unattended in a bathtub while she talked on the telephone. While thus unsupervised, the younger boy drowned. Defendant was charged…
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