Paul v. People

COATS, Justice.

Both the People and defendant Kevin Paul petitioned for review of various aspects of the court of appeals judgment affirming the trial court’s refusal to dismiss criminal charges following a mistrial. People v. Paul, 83 P.3d 1171 (Colo.App.2003). The trial court denied without comment Paul’s pretrial motion asserting former jeopardy. The court of appeals agreed with Paul that the denial of his motion was an immediately appealable order, but it affirmed the lower court judgment, holding that Paul implicitly consented to the mistrial by failing to expressly object and that there…