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CASTRO v. PEOPLE

Supreme Court Case No. 22SC712.

550 P.3d 1124 (2024)

2024 CO 56

Ricardo CASTRO, Petitioner v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

July 1, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioner: Megan A. Ring, Public Defender, Meredith K. Rose, Deputy Public Defender, Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondent: Philip J. Weiser, Attorney General, Frank R. Lawson, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado.

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

¶1 Trial by jury is perhaps the most vital cog in the wheel of our criminal justice system. We have long attached "great importance to the concept of relying on a body of one's peers to determine guilt or innocence as a safeguard against arbitrary law enforcement." Williams v. Florida,<...

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