PEOPLE v. LEFEBRE

Nos. 99SC8 & 99SC42.

5 P.3d 295 (2000)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. John F. LEFEBRE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 19, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Barbara McDonnell, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Alan J. Gilbert, Solicitor General, John Daniel Dailey, Deputy Attorney General, Robert M. Russel, First Assistant Attorney General, Peter J. Cannici, Assistant Attorney General, Appellate Division, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

David Kaplan, Colorado State Public Defender, Katherine Brien, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent.


Justice MARTINEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In this case, we must decide whether a trial court erred in excusing several jurors for cause without first allowing voir dire questioning of those jurors by defense counsel. We must also decide whether, if there was error, the defendant's convictions must be reversed as a result.

During jury selection at the trial of John Fred Lefebre for aggravated robbery, several jurors indicated on a written questionnaire...

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