Supreme Court of Colorado, 2022

The People of the State of Colorado v. Jacob Vanderpauye

The People of the State of Colorado v. Jacob Vanderpauye
Supreme Court of Colorado · Decided July 25, 2022

The People of the State of Colorado v. Jacob Vanderpauye

Opinion

The People of the State of Colorado, Petitioner
v.

Jacob Vanderpauye, Respondent

No. 21SC771

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc

July 25, 2022


Court of Appeals Case No. 18CA792

Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED.

JUSTICE BERKENKOTTER does not participate.

Whether, or under what circumstances, a criminal defendant's self-serving hearsay is inadmissible.

Whether the court of appeals erred in holding the defendant's statement fit under the excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule and exclusion of that statement warranted reversal of his rape conviction.

DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES.

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