PEOPLE v. WELSH

No. 02SC340.

80 P.3d 296 (2003)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Claire Christine WELSH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

December 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Elizabeth Rohrbough, Assistant Attorney General, Paul Koehler, Assistant Attorney General, Appellate Division, Criminal Justice Section, Denver, Colorado, Attorney for Petitioner.

David S. Kaplan, Colorado State Public Defender, Karen N. Taylor, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, Attorney for Respondent.


Justice RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The People seek review of the court of appeals' decision in People v. Welsh, 58 P.3d 1065 (Colo.App.2002). A jury convicted the defendant of first degree murder after rejecting her defense of not guilty by reason of insanity. The defendant appealed, arguing that the trial court erred in admitting testimony regarding her pre-arrest silence as substantive evidence of her guilt...

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