Legal Opinion

People v. Forsythe

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided August 16, 2001No. 99CA2472PublishedCited by 3 opinions

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…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Troxel v. GranvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. People v. FullerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
  4. State v. CredeurSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  5. State v. WhitchurchSupreme Court of Vermont · 1990

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People v. DevorssColorado Court of Appeals · 2011
  2. People v. WatkinsColorado Court of Appeals · 2012
  3. People v. LientzColorado Court of Appeals · 2012

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