v. People

managerial efforts of others and that under this definition, the contract at issue was an investment contract and therefore a security. The court further concludes that, although the issue is close, the Commissioner’s testimony was admissible under C.R.E. 702 and 704 and the standards set forth in People v. Rector,

248 P.3d 1196, 1203

(Colo. 2011), and even if the admission of this testimony was erroneous, any error was harmless. Finally, the court concludes that when the trial court erroneously instructs the jury as to the value of the property taken and the parties dispute the value at trial,…