PEOPLE v. CHRISTOPHER

No. 94SC191.

896 P.2d 876 (1995)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Stephen C. CHRISTOPHER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied June 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale A. Norton, Atty. Gen., Stephen K. ErkenBrack, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Timothy M. Tymkovich, Sol. Gen., John Daniel Dailey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Robert Mark Russel, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Eric V. Field, Asst. Atty. Gen., Crim. Enforcement Section, Denver, for petitioner.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Douglas D. Barnes, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for respondent.


Justice VOLLACK delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals decision in People v. Christopher, 879 P.2d 426 (Colo.App.1994), which concluded that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to replace a juror, who inadvertently failed to disclose her passing acquaintance with a key prosecution witness during voir dire, with an alternate juror. We hold that the trial court...

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