People v. Maestas

Opinion by

Judge ROY.

Defendant, Yvonne Dorine Maestas, appeals the consecutive sentences imposed on her convictions for vehicular eluding, second degree assault, and aggravated motor vehicle theft. We affirm.

The case arose from a high-speed police pursuit, on snowy and icy streets, of a motor vehicle driven by defendant. Based on the affidavit in support of a warrantless arrest, a Commerce City officer attempted to stop the vehicle, which ran a traffic light. The vehicle accelerated southbound to a high rate of speed, drove in opposing traffic lanes, cut off three vehicles, drove through a…