Legal Opinion
Ruibal v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided December 3, 2018No. 15SC504, RuibalPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHIEF JUSTICE COATS delivered the Opinion of the Court.
¶1 Ruibal petitioned for review of the court of appeals' judgment affirming his conviction for second degree murder. Over defense objection and without taking evidence or making any findings as to reliability, the trial court admitted expert testimony to the effect that the victim's injuries in this case demonstrated "overkill," a formal term describing multiple injuries focused on one area of the victim's body, which includes blows about the head and face that are numerous *591 and extensive, indicating that the assailant likely had either a…
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