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PEOPLE v. WHEELER

No. 87SA379.

772 P.2d 101 (1989)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Laurie WHEELER, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 17, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barney Iuppa, Dist. Atty., Robert M. Brown, Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Karla J. Hansen, Jonathan A. Toof, Deputy Dist. Attys., Colorado Springs, for plaintiff-appellant.

Donna Dell'Olio, Cornish & Dell'Olio, Edward T. Farry, Colorado Springs, for defendant-appellee.

ROVIRA, Justice.

The defendant, Laurie Wheeler, was convicted of criminally negligent homicide as the result of a jury trial. The trial court granted her motion for judgment of acquittal, holding that criminally negligent homicide by a complicitor is not a cognizable crime. On appeal, the People argue that the trial court's ruling was based on a misunderstanding of the complicity theory of accountability. We agree with the People's position and hold that the trial...

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