Legal Opinion

People v. Vickers

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided July 26, 2007No. 06CA0514Published

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge ROTHENBERG.

Defendant, Rachel A. Vickers, appeals the sentence imposed upon the judgment of conviction entered after she pled guilty to erimi-nally negligent homicide and first degree criminal trespass. We vacate the sentence and remand the case for further proceedings.

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On May 4, 2005, defendant was with a close friend at his apartment. According to defendant, the friend went to his room and when she went to check on him, he was sitting on his bed with a gun in his mouth. She tried to "hit the gun away with her hand when the gun discharged." The friend died from a single…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Lopez v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2005
  3. People v. BanksSupreme Court of Colorado · 2000
  4. Delgado v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2005
  5. People v. ElieColorado Court of Appeals · 2006

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