Tag: vehicular homicide
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Trial set after alleged DUI crash that killed former Calhan superintendent
With a plea deal still on the table, a tentative trial is scheduled for a woman accused of driving into and subsequently killing a retired Calhan School District superintendent while impaired. Colorado State Patrol investigators allege in court documents that Amy Dalton, 37, was driving a Subaru when it went airborne and struck 79-year-old Robert…
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GoFundMe donations for victim do not lessen defendant’s restitution obligation, appeals court rules
Donations made to a victim’s crowdfunding page do not necessarily reduce the defendant’s obligation to pay crime victim restitution, Colorado’s second-highest court concluded on Thursday. Under state law, crime victim compensation boards reimburse victims for certain monetary losses, including funeral costs, medical expenditures, and property damage. Prosecutors may, in turn, seek restitution payments from the…
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Woman charged with DUI homicide in crash that killed Calhan man on lawnmower
The driver who collided with a lawnmower, killing its rider, in unincorporated El Paso County did not steer evasively or brake before the crash and was impaired by drugs at the time, court documents obtained by The Gazette show. Amy Dalton, 37, of Calhan, was driving her Subaru along the North Calhan Highway on Aug.…
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Family asks for maximum sentence in vehicular homicide, but judge goes another direction
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs man found guilty of vehicular homicide after running a red light early last year received the minimum sentence in the Department of Corrections on Tuesday . Robert Pearson, 29, faced several charges related to the death of 66-year-old David Smith. The Jan.…
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Prosecutorial misconduct, error-prone judge’s decision prompt appeals court to overturn homicide conviction
Misconduct by two prosecutors and a Douglas County judge’s decision to bar crucial testimony prompted Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday to reverse a woman’s vehicular homicide conviction. Jurors convicted Jennifer Lea Woodruff of killing her coworker, Christopher Roberts, in a car accident along Interstate 25. The defense’s theory was that Woodruff’s medical condition caused her…
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Despite prevailing at Supreme Court, man’s murder convictions again upheld by Court of Appeals
Four months after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled police generally cannot draw blood from a driver who has revoked the consent that state law has created for him, the Court of Appeals has again upheld the defendant’s homicide convictions after reasoning police acted in good faith by extracting his blood. Under Colorado’s “expressed consent” law, motorists have…
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Man accused of killing Colorado parole officer pleads not guilty
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man accused of killing a southern Colorado parole officer last year pleaded not guilty to all charges at an arraignment hearing Friday morning. Justin Kula, 42, is accused of killing Pueblo parole officer Christine Guerin Sandoval with his car after he attempted to flee from…
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Man accused of killing Colorado parole officer pleads not guilty
The man accused of killing a southern Colorado parole officer last year pleaded not guilty to all charges at an arraignment hearing Friday morning. Justin Kula, 42, is accused of killing Pueblo parole officer Christine Guerin Sandoval with his car after he attempted to flee from her and two other parole officers who were attempting to…
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Arrest made in October fatal crash
One person has been arrested in connection with a fatal crash in late October, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department. Police said on the morning of Oct. 28, just after 11 p.m., officers received reports of a crash involving two vehicles near the intersection of North Academy Boulevard and East Platte Avenue. According to…