PEOPLE v. VECCHIARELLI-MCLAUGHLIN

No. 98SC412.

984 P.2d 72 (1999)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Rico VECCHIARELLI-MCLAUGHLIN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Barbara McDonnell, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Michael E. McLachlan, Solicitor General, John Daniel Dailey, Assistant Solicitor General, Robert Mark Russel, First Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth Rohrbough, Assistant Attorney General, Appellate Division, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Scott H. Robinson, P. C., Scott H. Robinson, Denver, Colorado, Attorney for Respondent.


Justice RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari in order to review the unpublished decision of the court of appeals in People v. Vecchiarelli-McLaughlin, No. 96CA1857 (Colo.App. Apr. 30, 1998), in which the court reversed the defendant's conviction. The court of appeals held that the trial court abused its discretion when it denied the defendant's challenge for cause to a prospective juror who had expressed concerns as to whether he could...

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