Tibbels v. Colorado

Docket Number20SC22
Decision Date10 January 2022
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7 cases
  • People v. Sanders
    • United States
    • Colorado Court of Appeals
    • April 28, 2022
    ...the use of a puzzle analogy can be problematic, especially if the speaker quantifies the concept of reasonable doubt); see also Tibbels v. People , 2022 CO 1, ¶ 49, 501 P.3d 792 (concluding that a judge's use of a crack-in-the-foundation illustration to explain reasonable doubt improperly l......
  • People v. Vialpando
    • United States
    • Colorado Supreme Court
    • June 21, 2022
    ...the burden of proof by making it seem easy to ascertain. We recognize that analogies like these are perilous and unhelpful. See Tibbels v. People , 2022 CO 1, ¶ 25, 501 P.3d 792, 797. Nevertheless, the trial court instructed the jury multiple times that they must follow only the instruction......
  • Pettigrew v. People
    • United States
    • Colorado Supreme Court
    • January 10, 2022
    ...statements to the prospective jurors by addressing our standard of review. We then address the applicable law, discussed more fully in Tibbels, ¶¶ 23-43, which we also today, and we apply those principles to the facts before us. 1. Standard of Review ¶31 We review de novo the question of wh......
  • People v. Shockey
    • United States
    • Colorado Court of Appeals
    • December 21, 2023
    ... ... True, but ... this is a distinction without a difference because a ... jury's finding beyond a reasonable doubt that the ... prosecution failed to prove an element beyond a reasonable ... doubt holds the prosecution to its burden. See Tibbels v ... People , 2022 CO 1, ¶ 23 ("The Due Process ... Clause of the United States Constitution 'protects the ... accused against conviction except upon proof beyond a ... reasonable doubt of every fact necessary to constitute the ... crime with which [they are] charged.'" (quoting ... In re ... ...
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  • Summaries of Published Opinions
    • United States
    • Colorado Bar Association Colorado Lawyer No. 51-3, March 2022
    • Invalid date
    ...of Published Opinions Vol. 51, No. 3 [Page 89] Colorado Lawyer March, 2022 FROM THE COURTS COLORADO SUPREME COURT January 10, 2022 2022 CO 1. No. 20SC22. Tibbels v. People. Jury Instructions—Reasonable Doubt. In this case, the Supreme Court considered whether statements the trial court made......

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