Legal Opinion

People v. Thomas

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided May 22, 2014No. Court of Appeals No. 11 CA 1071PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

JUDGE TERRY

1 1 Defendant, Noah Ray Thomas, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of one count of vehicular homicide and five counts of vehicular assault. We affirm.

1 2 As an issue of first impression in Colorado, we conclude in Part V. C of this opinion that, under the doctrine of specific contradiction, CRE 608(b) is not an impediment to admission of evidence that specifically con-tradiets testimony of a witness on direct or redirect examination.

I. Background

T3 A single vehicle crash resulted in the death of one passenger and significant…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Walder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Salinas v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  3. United States v. MagallanezCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2005
  4. People v. GarciaSupreme Court of Colorado · 2001
  5. People v. NovotnySupreme Court of Colorado · 2014

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. People v. ClarkColorado Court of Appeals · 2015
  2. Leaf v. BeihofferColorado Court of Appeals · 2014
  3. State v. CarpenterNebraska Supreme Court · 2016
  4. People v. WilsonColorado Court of Appeals · 2014
  5. v. RiosColorado Court of Appeals · 2020

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