Court Opinion

ID: 9548552
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 18:05:19.847542+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:19:07.426758
License: Public Domain

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
Mr. Justice Lee:
Defendant on petition for rehearing asserts for the first time that the sentence imposed by the trial court for conviction of the substantive felony charge under C.R.S. 1963, 48-5-17, was unlawful and in violation of the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution and in violation of §§ 6, 16, 18, and 25 of Article II of the Colorado constitution. His reason for this contention is predicated on the proposition that the identical offense of which defendant was convicted is also proscribed in C.R.S. 1963, 48-7-6, and is defined to be and is punishable only as a misdemeanor under C.R.S. 1963, 48-7-7; whereas defendant was punished for the conviction of a felony under C.R.S. 1963, 48-5-20(2) and sentenced to a term of four to five years in the state penitentiary.
An examination of the statutes referred to reveals, contrary to defendant’s contention, that the conduct proscribed by 48-5-17 concerns “narcotic drugs” and is not the same or identical conduct forbidden by 48-7-7 which concerns “habit-forming drugs.” The authority cited in support of defendant’s contention has no appli*70cation to the facts in the instant case. We find defendant’s assertion of error to be without merit.
The petition for rehearing is denied.