JOHNSON v. PEOPLE

Supreme Court Case No. 17SC120.

436 P.3d 529 (2019)

2019 CO 17

Crystal Lynn JOHNSON, Petitioner v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioner: Megan A. Ring , Public Defender, John Plimpton , Deputy Public Defender, Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondent: Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Carmen Moraleda , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado.

En Banc.


¶ 1 In this appeal, we consider whether the court of appeals erred when it held that the trial court's extraneous jury instruction concerning reasonable doubt did not unconstitutionally lower the prosecution's burden of proof. During voir dire, after giving the standard definition of reasonable...

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