Supreme Court of Colorado· 9/16/1991

Harper v. People

Citations

817 P.2d 77
1991 Colo. LEXIS 608
1991 WL 179968

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“Framing this inquiry in general terms would minimize any implication that an article containing information adverse to the defendant had been published.”
“Framing this inquiry in general terms would minimize any implication that an article containing information adverse to the defendant had been published.”
“[Requiring independent evidence of the jury’s exposure to outside information as a prerequisite to polling the jury fails to acknowledge the significant obstacles to obtaining such evidence.”
“The existence of admonitions, alone, does not sufficiently neutralize [media] that may reasonably be believed to have come to the attention of the jurors.”
“The existence of admonitions, alone, does not sufficiently neutralize [media] that may reasonably be believed to have come to the attention of the jurors.”
“In many cases such a poll may disclose that the jurors did not learn of the [extraneous information], making it unnecessary to question individual jurors.”

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Judges: Lohr, Rovira, Vollack

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