Mulberger v. People

of the Court.

\{1 This case requires us to interpret the statute that provides for challenges for cause to potential jurors in criminal cases. Specifically, we must determine the scope of the provision that directs trial courts to sustain a challenge to a potential juror who is a "compensated employee of a public law enforcement agency." § 16-10-108(1)(k), CRS. (2015). At his trial for four driving offenses, petitioner Samuel J. Mulberger brought such a challenge to a juror who worked as a nurse at the El Paso County Jail through a contractual arrangement with a private agency, and who…