The Colorado Supreme Court took the unusual step on Monday of partially overruling its own landmark decision from less than four years ago, concluding drunk drivers who were not tried in accordance with state law are not entitled to automatic reversal of their convictions.
In a major pair of decisions on Monday, the Colorado Supreme Court simultaneously found Arapahoe County prosecutors provided non-racial reasons for removing jurors of color from two criminal trials, but that judges failed to adequately determine whether those reasons were credible.
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court appeared hesitant last week to endorse automatic reversal of an El Paso County defendant s convictions because he was seemingly unaware his lawyer was simultaneously being prosecuted by the same district attorney s office.
Members of the Colorado Supreme Court last week expressed frustration with the difficulties of pinpointing unconstitutional racial bias in jury selection, especially when relatively few details are available after the fact about what happened at trial.