Vasquez v. People

Today we again address the doctrine of forfeiture by wrongdoing, as recently discussed in People v. Moreno, 160 P.3d 242 (Colo.2007). In Moreno, we stated that to deprive a criminal defendant of his right to confront a witness, the defendant's wrongful conduct must have been "designed, at least in part, to subvert the criminal justice system by depriving that system of the evidence upon which it depends." Id. at 247. We thus joined the jurisdictions that require a showing of intent on the part of the defendant to prevent the witness from testifying at trial. Id. at 245.

In this case, the court…