PEOPLE v. PENA-RODRIGUEZ

No. 11CA0034.

412 P.3d 461 (2012)

2012 COA 193

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Miguel Angel PENA-RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

Rehearing Denied December 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Suthers , Attorney General, Majid Yazdi , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

The Law Office of Jonathan D. Rosen, PC, Jonathan D. Rosen , Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.


¶ 1 Secrecy of jury deliberations and juries free of bias are both core values of our jury system. But where a defendant seeks to prove that a juror exhibited racial bias during deliberations, these values conflict. Resolving this conflict is a matter of first impression in Colorado.

¶ 2 A jury convicted...

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