Case Name: The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Theodore LUCERO, a/k/a Teddy Lucero, Defendant-Appellant
Court: Colorado Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Colorado
Decision Date: 1981-08-10
Citations: 632 P.2d 585
Docket Number: No. 81SA150
Parties: The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Theodore LUCERO, a/k/a Teddy Lucero, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 632
Pages: 585–586

Head Matter:
The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Theodore LUCERO, a/k/a Teddy Lucero, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 81SA150.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.
Aug. 10, 1981.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 24, 1981.
J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary J. Mullarkey, Sol. Gen., Morgan Rumler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.
J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Margaret L. O’Leary, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.

Opinion:
HODGES, Chief Justice.
Defendant Lucero was sentenced to a term of imprisonment pursuant to convictions obtained on February 16, 1978. Defendant now appeals that sentence, arguing that he is entitled to be resentenced under the 1977 version of House Bill 1589, Colo. Sess. Laws 1977, ch. 216, 18-1-105 at 867, and challenging the constitutionality of the non-retroactive effect of section 25 of House Bill 1589, as amended in March 1979, Colo. Sess. Laws 1979, ch. 157, sec. 25 at 672. We affirm.
The arguments raised by the defendant have been rejected by this court in People v. McKenna, Colo., 611 P.2d 574 (1980), and Tacorante v. People, Colo., 624 P.2d 1324 (1981). We have consistently adhered to those decisions in many recent cases, see People v. Francis, Colo., 630 P.2d 82, n. 1, (1981), and we do so now.
Judgment affirmed.