Legal Opinion

People v. Cauley

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided June 7, 2001No. 99CA1930PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge TAUBMAN

Defendant, Dirk O. Cauley, appeals the judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of criminally negligent child abuse resulting in death. We affirm.

On the night of January 30, 1998, defendant called 911, and subsequently, an ambulance brought his three-month-old daughter to the Summit County medical facility. Because of the massive head trauma, she was transported to a children's hospital in Denver. Based upon her head trauma, the hospital treated her situation as a case of possible child abuse. The daughter died a few days later after being…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  3. Clark v. CantrellSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2000
  4. People v. ShreckSupreme Court of Colorado · 2001
  5. People v. IbarraSupreme Court of Colorado · 1993

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  5. Maloney v. BrassfieldColorado Court of Appeals · 2010

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