Pettigrew v. People

Decision Date10 January 2022
Docket Number20SC353
Citation2022 CO 2
CourtColorado Supreme Court
PartiesWilliam Scott Pettigrew, Petitioner v. The People of the State of Colorado. Respondent
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2 cases
  • People v. Eugene
    • United States
    • Colorado Court of Appeals
    • September 1, 2022
    ...P.3d 727. An appellate court reviews the question of whether a trial court accurately instructed the jury on the law de novo. Pettigrew v. People , 2022 CO 2, ¶ 32, 501 P.3d 813.¶ 91 I conclude that the trial court did not err when it rejected defendant's proposed instructions concerning• w......
  • Tibbels v. People
    • United States
    • Colorado Supreme Court
    • January 10, 2022
    ...Victor, 511 U.S. at 22; Johnson, ¶ 13, 436 P.3d at 532. The trial courts' decisions not to heed this admonition in both this case and in Pettigrew, ¶¶ 15-16, which we also decide today, have placed before us the question of whether a trial court's efforts to define "reasonable doubt" violat......

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