People v. Jacobson

Citations

• 2017 CO 28
• 393 P.3d 548
• 2017 WL 1450118

Syllabus

Criminal Law—Jury Prejudice—Jury Polling— Prejudicial News Reports. The Supreme Court determined whether a trial court abused its discretion by refusing to poll the jury about whether jurors had seen a prejudicial news report that had aired the night before and was available online. Because the trial court gave repeated, specific admonitions to jurors to avoid \newscasts\ and \newspaper sites\ (including on the day of the newscast), and these were the only places on which the prejudicial report was available, the Court held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it refused to poll jurors. Therefore, the Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals' judgment and affirmed defendant's conviction.