People v. Alexis

The majority overturns the holding of the Colorado Court of Appeals that the trial court erred in declining to provide a clarifying instruction in response to a question submitted by the jury during deliberations. I believe that the court of appeals correctly resolved this issue, which affects only the felony murder conviction. Accordingly, I respectfully dissent from that part of the majority opinion holding that the defendant’s felony murder conviction should be reinstated.1

The evidence established that the weapon used to kill Ronald Yon Dollen was a .32 caliber handgun taken from the…