King v. People

We granted certiorari to review the decision of the court of appeals in People v. King, 765 P.2d 608 (Colo.App.1988). In affirming the conviction of the defendant, Raymond King, on two counts of murder in the first degree after deliberation, the court of appeals held that the defendant’s statements concerning his actions and thoughts during and shortly after the killings, made to a defense-retained psychiatrist during pretrial psychiatric examinations, were not admissible under Colorado Rule of Evidence 803(4) because “[t]he truthfulness and candor rationale for the hearsay exception is…