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Colorado Supreme Court appears OK with revised ‘reasonable doubt’ instruction
The Colorado Supreme Court appeared largely comfortable on Thursday with the recently revised definition of “reasonable doubt” that is now part of the template jury instructions for criminal cases. To date, multiple Court of Appeals decisions have endorsed the constitutionality of the new phrasing, which resembles the instruction given in Colorado’s federal trial court. U.S.…
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Second appeals judge voices concerns about new ‘reasonable doubt’ instruction
Another member of Colorado’s second-highest court registered his concern on Thursday that a portion of the recently revised “reasonable doubt” definition improperly lowers the prosecution’s burden to prove a defendant guilty. Judge Daniel M. Taubman wrote that the current instruction advising jurors to acquit whenever there is “a real possibility the defendant is not guilty”…
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Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar speaks to Colorado lawyers about SCOTUS arguments, stakes of cases
Elizabeth B. Prelogar, the Biden administration’s solicitor general who is responsible for arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court, spoke to an audience of Colorado attorneys on Saturday about the challenges of trying to persuade a conservative-majority court to adopt the federal government’s view of the law in high-stakes cases. Prelogar acknowledged she has argued positions…