Doyle v. People

1 1 Doyle petitioned for review of the court of appeals' judgment affirming his conviction for violating a condition of his bail bond. See People v. Doyle, 2013 COA 68, — P.3d —. At the request of the prosecution, the trial court took judicial notice of the fact that defendant Doyle failed to appear in court on a particular day, as mandated by the relevant condition of his bond. The court instructed the jury accordingly, noting that although it need not accept this judicially noticed fact as true, a judicially noticed fact is one which the court has determined to be not the subject of…