People v. Roldan

Judge BERNARD

specially concurring.

Because I am bound by our supreme court's jurisprudence in this area, I must agree with the majority's holding that defendant's conviction has to be reversed. See People v. Smith, 183 P.3d 726, 729 (Colo.App.2008) (Colorado Court of Appeals is bound by decisions of Colorado Supreme Court). The conviction must be reversed because the trial court erred when it did not grant defendant's challenge for cause to Juror R. I write separately to express my hope that our supreme court will review this case to decide whether this strict remedy of automatic reversal in…