Supreme Court of Colorado· 6/11/2007

People v. Moreno

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160 P.3d 242
2007 WL 1662641

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noting that “the clear consensus in non-murder cases is that the doctrine requires a showing of an intent on the part of the defendant to prevent the declarant from testifying at trial”
noting that “the clear consensus in non-murder cases is that the doctrine requires a showing of an intent on the part of the defendant to prevent the declarant from testifying at trial”
collecting cases and noting that “the clear consensus in non-murder cases is that the doctrine requires a showing of an intent on the part of the defendant to prevent the declarant from testifying at trial.”
“To find the forfeiture of a protection so integral to the truth-seeking process, quite apart from any design or attempt by the defendant to subvert that process, would * * * divorce the forfeiture by wrongdoing doctrine from its very reason for existing * * *.”

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Judges: Coats, Eid

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