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5 Colorado opinions name it 1 courts 2009–2026 4 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Colorado courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
People v. Rectorgreen2 sentences2026Heinz’s money.” ¶ 40 Applying the Rector factors, see id., we conclude that the statements didn’t usurp the role of the jury. 2026Heinz’s money.” ¶ 40 Applying the Rector factors, see id., we conclude that the statements didn’t usurp the role of the jury. | 3 | 4 |
v. Peoplegreen2 sentences2024Rector, 248 P.3d at 1202-04 (assessing whether a trial court abused its discretion by allowing a doctor to testify that injuries met the definition of child abuse); see also Lawrence v. People, 2021 CO 28, ¶¶ 37-57 (assessing whether a trial court abused its discretion by allowing a securities commissioner to opine that the defendant misrepresented material facts involving the investment in a security). 21 ¶ 47 A number of the Rector factors look to issues that occur during or after the disputed testimony, such as whether the improper opinion testimony was subject to meaningful cross-examinati 2024Rector, 248 P.3d at 1202-04 (assessing whether a trial court abused its discretion by allowing a doctor to testify that injuries met the definition of child abuse); see also Lawrence v. People, 2021 CO 28, ¶¶ 37-57 (assessing whether a trial court abused its discretion by allowing a securities commissioner to opine that the defendant misrepresented material facts involving the investment in a security). 21 ¶ 47 A number of the Rector factors look to issues that occur during or after the disputed testimony, such as whether the improper opinion testimony was subject to meaningful cross-examinati | 1 | 1 |
Hagos v. Peoplegreen2 sentences2024See Hagos v. People, 2012 CO 63, ¶ 12 (describing the nonconstitutional harmless error standard); Lawrence, at ¶ 56 (applying nonconstitutional harmless error to assess any error associated with the admission of improper legal opinions). ¶ 55 The mechanical forces of this assault were largely undisputed and brutal. 2024See Hagos v. People, 2012 CO 63, ¶ 12 (describing the nonconstitutional harmless error standard); Lawrence, at ¶ 56 (applying nonconstitutional harmless error to assess any error associated with the admission of improper legal opinions). ¶ 55 The mechanical forces of this assault were largely undisputed and brutal. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Colorado. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
People v. Shreck
green
1 sentence2009A responding paramedic testified that Rector told him she was downstairs and heard a thud upstairs when the injury occurred. *1173 Prior to trial, the trial court denied Rector's motion requesting an evidentiary hearing in accordance with People v. Shreck, 22 P.3d 68 (Colo.2001), to determine the admissibility of certain expert testimony. | 1 | 2009–2009 |
People v. Martinez
green
1 sentence2009Specifically, she argued that the People's expert witnesses would speculate, among other things, that T.D.'s injuries were caused by "shaken baby syndrome." She also stated that "[such diagnoses are necessarily inferential," "[nlo witness observed the infliction of the injury," and "[in general, some proponents of these syndromes suggest that whenever certain 'constellations' of injuries oceur, that [sic] such are diagnostic of child abuse." Rector's motion concedes that in Martinez, 74 P.3d 316 , the supreme court held an expert could properly testify that subdural he-matoma combined with bil | 1 | 2009–2009 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.