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People v. Nierle

Supreme Court of Colorado
Mar 9, 1981
624 P.2d 1333 (Colo. 1981)

Opinion

No. 79SA378

Decided March 9, 1981.

Appeal from the District Court of the County of El Paso, Honorable Bernard R. Baker, Judge.

J. D. MacFarlane, Attorney General, Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy, Mary J. Mullarkey, Solicitor General, David K. Rees, Chief, Appeals Litigation Section.

J. Gregory Walta, State Public Defender, Thomas M. Van Cleave, III, Deputy, for defendant-appellant.

En Banc.


The sole issue on appeal is whether the defendant's sentence of eight to nine years in the Colorado State Penitentiary was excessive.

The defendant entered a plea of guilty to simple robbery, section 18-4-301, C.R.S. 1973, as the result of a plea agreement which involved the dismissal of a number of other charges. The defendant admitted complicity in an aggravated robbery where the victim was injured. The defendant, who has an extended criminal record including three felony convictions, consulted with counsel and then waived a presentence investigation.

Under the circumstances which are before us, we cannot say that the sentence was excessive. Triggs v. People, 197 Colo. 229, 591 P.2d 1024 (1979); People v. Duran, 188 Colo. 207, 533 P.2d 1116 (1975).

Accordingly, we affirm.


Summaries of

People v. Nierle

Supreme Court of Colorado
Mar 9, 1981
624 P.2d 1333 (Colo. 1981)
Case details for

People v. Nierle

Case Details

Full title:The People of the State of Colorado v. Joseph Anthony Nierle

Court:Supreme Court of Colorado

Date published: Mar 9, 1981

Citations

624 P.2d 1333 (Colo. 1981)