Maestas v. People

JUSTICE GABRIEL delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶1 We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals division's opinion affirming Bob Maestas's conviction for second degree burglary. People v. Maestas , No. 11CA2084, 2015 WL 222407 (Colo. App. Jan. 15, 2015). 1 We now reverse and remand for further proceedings.

¶2 For the reasons discussed in McCoy v. People , 2019 CO 44 , 442 P.3d 379 , which we are also announcing today, we conclude that sufficiency of the evidence claims may be raised for the first time on appeal and are not subject to plain error review. Accordingly, appellate courts…