Legal Opinion

People v. Griffiths

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided June 10, 2010No. 08CA2479PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge HAWTHORNE.

Defendant, Lynn Marie Griffiths, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding her guilty of distributing a schedule II controlled substance (methamphetamine), unlawfully possessing one gram or less of a schedule IV controlled substance (alprazolam), and possessing drug paraphernalia. She also appeals the statutory drug offender surcharge imposed. We affirm.

We publish this opinion because Part IV concludes that incarceration does not necessarily render a defendant unable to pay the statutorily mandated drug offender surcharge. See §…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Dempsey v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2005
  2. Ellen Hawes, for Herself and in Representation of the Minors Ana Francisca Hawes and Maria Cristina Hawes v. Club Ecuestre El ComandanteCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
  3. Yusem v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2009
  4. Masters v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2002
  5. People v. GreenleeSupreme Court of Colorado · 2009

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3Cited by10 opinions

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  4. People v. DeanColorado Court of Appeals · 2012
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