People v. McClelland

Opinion by

JUDGE TAUBMAN

{1 Defendant, Logan Scott McClelland, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of reckless manslaughter. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

I. Background

T2 On the afternoon of August 9, 2009, McClelland accompanied his father Tom and brother Luke to a water station outside of Monument, Colorado. Tom, a water system repair technician who often traveled to remote parts of the state, frequently brought McClelland, his eighteen-year-old son, along with him because of his physical limitations. That day, the air pressure in one of…