Supreme Court of Colorado· 12/6/1993

People v. Milton

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864 P.2d 1097
17 Brief Times Rptr. 1936
1993 Colo. LEXIS 965
1993 WL 499387

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noting failure of the trial court to \mention the failure of testifying or not testifying as contemplated by Curtis\
noting failure of the trial court to \mention the failure of testifying or not testifying as contemplated by Curtis \
“[A criminal defendant] is also to be advised, however, that the jury can be instructed to consider any such felonies only for purposes of impeachment.” (emphasis added)
“absent an adequate advisement any purported waiver of that right by the defendant does ‘not demonstrate a knowing and intelligent waiver of his right to testify’ ”
“One of the purposes of Curtis is to eliminate speculation as to what a particular defendant might believe to be the salient consequences of testifying and to provide accurate information concerning those consequences”
\One of the purposes of Curtis is to eliminate speculation as to what a particular defendant might believe to be the salient consequences of testifying and to provide accurate information concerning those consequences.\

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Judges: Lohr, Vollack, Rovira, Erickson

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