People v. Hancock

Opinion by

Judge LOEB.

Defendant, Edrien Renard Hancock, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of second degree burglary and criminal mischief. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Defendant contends the trial court committed reversible error when it denied his challenge for cause to a prospective juror, because the juror refused to hold the prosecution to its burden of proof, We agree.

I. Standard of Review and Applicable Law

A defendant in a criminal proceeding has a fundamental right to a trial by fair and impartial jurors. Nailor v. People, 200 Colo.…