PEOPLE v. AVILA

No. 95CA1332.

944 P.2d 673 (1997)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Anthony E. AVILA, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, Sandra K. Mills, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, James Grimaldi, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for Defendant-Appellant.


Opinion by Judge ROY.

Defendant, Anthony E. Avila, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of vehicular eluding resulting in the death of another person and vehicular homicide. We affirm.

On August 31, 1994, a high-speed chase of a stolen vehicle by a police car ended when the stolen vehicle veered out of control, struck a number of objects, became airborne, flipped over, and came to rest upside down. Defendant was found...

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