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· 6/13/1996

People v. Lesslie

Citations

  • 939 P.2d 443
  • 20 Brief Times Rptr. 916
  • 1996 Colo. App. LEXIS 179
  • 1996 WL 316802

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that “expert testimony was not needed simply to describe or interpret” certain facts, particularly when the jury heard ample testimony from numerous witnesses as to such facts
  • “[A]n expert testifying as to issues of law may not . . . simply tell the jury what result to reach.”
  • defendant had a reasonable expectation of privacy in a bar restroom despite \the potential for a bystander to overhear\
  • Because unproven accusations of criminal behavior do not, by themselves, raise an inference of improper actions, \an arrest or a pending criminal charge generally is an improper subject for impeachment.\
  • expert witness may not “simply tell the jury what result to reach”
  • \simply because a person allows one conversation to be overheard by nearby individuals does not mean that the expectation of freedom from electronic reception by [any individual] is objectively unreasonable\

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Judges: Davidson, Briggs, Taubman

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