People v. Romero

Opinion by

Judge J. JONES.

Defendant, Joseph Romero, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of escape. We reverse and remand for a new trial because we conclude the district court erred by denying defendant's challenge for cause to a juror who worked as a security specialist at a community corrections facility.

On October 10, 2006, defendant was convicted of violating his probation in another criminal case and sentenced to sixty days in the Denver County Jail, with an assignment to work release which allowed him to check out of the jail every day to go to…