Legal Opinion

People v. Zweygardt

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided July 19, 2012No. 10CA1714PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge HAWTHORNE.

¶ 1 Defendant, Dylan T. Zweygardt, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of two careless driving resulting in death counts, one negligent homicide count, and three vehicular assault (reckless) counts. We affirm.

¶ 2 We conclude, as a matter of first impression, that careless driving is not a lesser included offense of vehicular assault (reckless).

¶ 3 While driving a pickup truck, defendant was speeding, failed to stop for a stop sign, and hit a Dodge Durango occupied by Y.S. and her two children, D.S. and V.S. Y.S. was…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. United States v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. People v. StewartSupreme Court of Colorado · 2002
  4. People v. LeskeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1998
  5. Armintrout v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1993

25 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. People v. SmootsColorado Court of Appeals · 2013
  2. People v. LovatoColorado Court of Appeals · 2014
  3. People v. BarryColorado Court of Appeals · 2014
  4. People v. ZubiateColorado Court of Appeals · 2013
  5. People v. ThompsonColorado Court of Appeals · 2018

9 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API