Legal Opinion

People v. VanMATRE

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided February 7, 2008No. 05CA2386PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge HAWTHORNE.

Defendant, Jackie Arthur VanMatre, appeals the judgments of conviction entered upon jury verdicts finding him guilty of aggravated driving with a revoked license, driving under the influence, and driving without insurance. He also appeals the sentence imposed. We affirm.

I. Background

In February 2004, a citizen made a report to a state police trooper regarding a vehicle in a dirt parking area several hundred feet from a gas station. When the trooper arrived, he saw defendant sitting in the driver's seat of a vehicle, drinking a forty-ounce can of beer. As the trooper…

2Cases cited17 opinions

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  2. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. People v. StewartSupreme Court of Colorado · 2002
  4. Dempsey v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2005
  5. State v. CoonAlaska Supreme Court · 1999

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3Cited by7 opinions

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