Legal Opinion
v. Jones
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 1, 2020No. 18SC445, PeoplePublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinions of the Colorado Supreme Court are available to the public and can be accessed through the Judicial Branch’s homepage at http://www.courts.state.co.us. Opinions are also posted on the Colorado Bar Association’s homepage at http://www.cobar.org. ADVANCE SHEET HEADNOTE June 1, 2020
2020 CO 45
No. 18SC445, People v. Jones—Statutory Interpretation—Sixth Amendment— Closure—Public Trial—Child Abuse—Person—Rule of Lenity—Structural Error. The supreme court holds that the trial court’s exclusion of the defendant’s parents during the testimony of two of his children constituted a partial closure…
2Cases cited86 opinions
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