PEOPLE v. RECTOR

No. 09SC708.

248 P.3d 1196 (2011)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner v. Tember Terri RECTOR, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Suthers , Attorney General, Susan Eileen Friedman , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Paul Grant , Parker, Colorado, Attorney for Respondent.


Justice RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

A jury convicted respondent, Tember Rector, of felony child abuse. The court of appeals reversed the conviction, concluding that the trial court abused its discretion by failing to make sufficient findings regarding the reliability and potential prejudice of an expert's testimony and by failing to instruct the jury on the difference between medical and legal child abuse. We...

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