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PEOPLE v. DYE

Supreme Court Case No. 23SA140.

541 P.3d 1167 (2024)

2024 CO 2

In re: The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff, v. James Herman DYE, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

Rehearing Denied February 5, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Plaintiff: Michael J. Rourke , District Attorney, Nineteenth Judicial District, Steve Wrenn , Chief Deputy District Attorney, Greeley, Colorado.

Attorneys for Defendant: Megan A. Ring , Public Defender, Reshaad Shirazi , Deputy Public Defender, Jennifer Ahnstedt , Deputy Public Defender, John Walsh , Deputy Public Defender, Greeley, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondent Weld County District Court: Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Emily Burke Buckley , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado.

JUSTICE SAMOUR delivered the Opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BOATRIGHT, JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ, JUSTICE HOOD, JUSTICE GABRIEL, JUSTICE HART, and JUSTICE BERKENKOTTER joined.

¶1 In whodunnit criminal cases, the defendant will sometimes point the finger at another person—in legal parlance, an alternate suspect. The alternate suspect defense seeks to cast reasonable doubt on the defendant's guilt by tying someone else to the charged crime and making the defendant...

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