· 12/19/1949
People ex rel. Metzger v. District Court
Citations
- 121 Colo. 141
- 215 P.2d 327
- 1949 Colo. LEXIS 176
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that \jurors [are] entitled to draw reasonable inferences from the evidence based on their own common-sense understanding of the world\
- explaining that “jurors [are] entitled to draw reasonable inferences from the evidence based on their own common-sense understanding of the world”
- explaining that “jurors [are] entitled to draw reasonable inferences from the evidence based on their own common-sense understanding of the world”
- noting that a jury is not required to leave its common sense at the door in resolving a case
- jurors are permitted to consider \their own common-sense understanding of the world\ when drawing reasonable inferences from circumstantial evidence
- “[B]ecause [the defendant] did not object to the trial court’s supplemental instructions, we review the instructions only for plain error.”
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Judges: Alter
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