People v. Tibbels

Decision Date27 November 2019
Docket NumberCourt of Appeals No. 17CA0620
Citation490 P.3d 517
CourtColorado Court of Appeals
Parties The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ernest Joseph TIBBELS, Defendant-Appellant.
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4 cases
  • People v. Knobee
    • United States
    • Colorado Court of Appeals
    • January 16, 2020
    ...Our supreme court, in Johnson v. People , 2019 CO 17, 436 P.3d 529, and numerous divisions of this court, as noted in People v. Tibbels , 2019 COA 175, 490 P.3d 517, have repeatedly cautioned against the practice.¶ 2 Today, we conclude that the trial court's error in giving such an interpre......
  • People v. Vialpando
    • United States
    • Colorado Court of Appeals
    • March 19, 2020
    ...543 (holding that the trial court's reasonable doubt instruction constituted structural error requiring reversal), with People v. Tibbels , 2019 COA 175, 490 P.3d 517 (cataloguing, in an appendix, twenty-three decisions addressing reasonable doubt explanations, none requiring reversal).¶ 86......
  • People v. Snider
    • United States
    • Colorado Court of Appeals
    • February 18, 2021
    ...to remedy possible prejudice, we presume, absent contrary evidence, that the jury understood and followed the instruction. People v. Tibbels , 2019 COA 175, ¶ 18, 490 P.3d 517 (cert. granted June 29, 2020).C. Analysis ¶ 32 Snider contends that the prosecutor's question constituted prosecuto......
  • Tibbels v. People
    • United States
    • Colorado Supreme Court
    • January 10, 2022
    ...that the trial court's reasonable doubt illustration did not unconstitutionally lower the prosecution's burden of proof. Id. at ¶ 35, 490 P.3d at 525. majority reached this conclusion for five reasons: (1) the trial court had characterized its illustration as an "example" and said that the ......

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