Court Opinion

ID: 9599316
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:17:45.333729+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:43:27.947995
License: Public Domain

MR. JUSTICE GROVES
dissenting:
I must agree that under People v. Sanchez, 184 Colo. 379, 520 P.2d 751 (1974), the court can find that the defendant constituted a threat of bodily harm to the public on May 19, 1972, and still sentence him under C.R.S. 1963, 40-2-28 to a term of twenty-five years to life. However, in the light of the finding made three months previously that he was a threat of bodily harm to the public and the sentence at that time of one day to life, it is my view that, in the absence of a showing of a change justifying a different sentence, the present sentence offends traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice. Therefore, I would apply the doctrine of collateral estoppel and direct the imposition of a sentence under the Sex Offenders Act. People v. Kernanen, 178 Colo. 234, 497 P.2d 8 (1972).