PEOPLE v. BLACKWELL

No. 07CA0819.

251 P.3d 468 (2010)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lamar Atu BLACKWELL, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

Rehearing Denied July 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Suthers , Attorney General, Corelle M. Spettigue , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Neff Services, Inc., Lauretta A. Martin Neff , Bayfield, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.


Opinion by Judge HAWTHORNE.

In this case of first impression, we enunciate factors courts should consider in determining whether, under the totality of the circumstances, a prosecutor's warnings to a defense witness concerning potential perjury and false reporting charges deprive the defendant of a fair trial.

Defendant, Lamar Atu Blackwell, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of first degree murder after deliberation...

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