Walker v. People

The defendant, Jerome Walker (Walker), was convicted on October 2, 1992 in the Adams County District Court of second degree murder, section 18-3-103, 8B C.R.S. (1986). The court of appeals affirmed the conviction in an unpublished opinion, People v. Walker, No. 93CA0118 (Colo.App. Feb. 9, 1995), rejecting Walker’s contention that the trial court’s interpretation of the statutory scheme involving heat of passion and the prosecutor’s comments during closing arguments impermissibly shifted the burden of proof of heat of passion to Walker in violation of due process of law. We granted certiorari…