PEOPLE v. ROBINSON

Supreme Court Case No. 17SC823.

454 P.3d 229 (2019)

2019 CO 102

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Marcus Lee ROBINSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

December 9, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioner: Daniel May , District Attorney, Fourth Judicial District, Doyle Baker , Senior Deputy District Attorney, Fourth Judicial District, Jennifer Darby , Deputy District Attorney, Fourth Judicial District, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondent: Megan A. Ring , Colorado State Public Defender, Lynn Noesner , Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Colorado.

En Banc.


¶1 This case requires us to decide whether a court of appeals division erred in concluding that a prosecutor's race-based comments in her opening statement constituted reversible plain error.1 We conclude that the prosecutor's comments on the contrasting skin tones...

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