A woman sentenced Thursday for selling fentanyl that killed another woman in 2022 was the first to be sentenced under a new 2022 law that aims to fight the fentanyl epidemic, the Eighth Judicial Di…
A woman sentenced Thursday for selling fentanyl that killed another woman in 2022 was the first to be sentenced underAndrea Branco was sentenced Thursday in Larimer County to ten years in prison after pleading guilty in August to a charge of fentanyl distribution causing death, a Class 1 drug felony, after she sold the fentanyl to Kara Gorman that killed her Sept. 1, 2022, according to the news release.
“ sentence marks a turning point in our ability to hold those committing murder with fentanyl accountable and proves these laws are a successful piece of combating the fentanyl epidemic,” McLaughlin said. During the debate over the 2022 bill that made fentanyl distribution resulting in death a felony, prosecutors and law enforcement officials said the creation of a criminal charge would give them another needed tool to stem the flow of the synthetic opioid into communities and hold dealers accountable.
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