Although Colorado’s second-highest court has issued multiple decisions in recent months upholding a revised definition of “reasonable doubt” from three years ago, an appellate judge became the first ...
A member of Colorado’s second-highest court asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to endorse one definition of “reasonable doubt” for trial judges to use — out of the three versions currently on ...
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Defense attorneys are warning today that a recent decision by the Colorado Supreme Court could have disastrous implications for defendants. The issue at hand is the ...
The jury instruction at issue involved the trial judge explaining to the jury that reasonable doubt is the only standard that supports a guilty verdict and that the state "is not required to meet some ...