Opinion ID: 1160856
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Heading: Count III of GC 97B-63

Text: The charges in Count III arose from a domestic disturbance involving McCombs-Smith. Van Buskirk broke into her apartment when she was out at about 2:00 a.m. on the morning of September 28, 1996. He looked at her telephone records, listened to messages on her answering machine, and made telephone calls to two people who had left messages. He then went to sleep in McCombs-Smith's bed. She returned sometime after 3:00 a.m. A neighbor heard a disturbance in McCombs-Smith's apartment and called the police. Van Buskirk was arrested and charged with first-degree burglary, wiretapping, third-degree assault, and criminal mischief. After a preliminary hearing, Van Buskirk was bound over on charges of first-degree trespass and wiretapping. The other charges were dismissed. On November 2, 1998, Van Buskirk pleaded guilty to third-degree assault, a class 1 misdemeanor, and he will be sentenced to two years of probation, and up to sixty days in jail, in addition to other conditions. Van Buskirk has stipulated that his conduct again violated Colo. RPC 8.4(b), 8.4(h), and C.R.C.P. 241.6(5).