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Title: People v. Catron
Author : Colorado Court of Appeals No. 82CA1287
Release Date : January 08, 1983
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 46 KB

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Opinion by JUDGE TURSI Defendant, Ronald Jay Catron, appeals from the trial court's decision to condition his four-year probation for vehicular homicide on the payment of $100 per month restitution to the two minor children of the decedent. We reverse. On July 3, 1981, the defendant was involved in a car accident which resulted in the death of Mark Cornwell (decedent). Defendant was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide and one count of negligent homicide. The defendant pled guilty to one count of vehicular homicide and the remaining counts were dismissed. The defendant received a four-year suspended sentence and was placed on probation for four years. The question of restitution was left open at the sentencing hearing. The trial court subsequently conditioned defendant's four-year probation on payment of restitution to the decedent's two dependent minor children in the amount of $100 per month for the four-year probation term. The defendant filed a motion pursuant to Crim. P. 35 objecting to the order of restitution on the grounds, inter alia, that the children of the decedent are not victims within the meaning of the restitution statute. Section 16-11-204.5(1), C.R.S. 1973 (1982 Cum. Supp.). The motion was denied by the trial court. The defendant appeals.