Romero v. People

¶1 This ease requires us to address two issues we recently addressed in two other cases, People v. Jefferson, 2017 CO 35, 393 P.3d 493, and Venalonzo v. People, 2017 CO 9, 388 P.3d 868. Specifically, we must resolve whether (1) a trial court commits plain error when it fails to limit, sua sponte, a jury’s access to recorded statements during jury deliberations and (2) a trial court abuses its discretion when it allows a police officer to testify as a lay witness about the concept of grooming in the context of sexual predation. 1 We hold that (1) a trial court does not commit plain error when…