Supreme Court of Colorado
The People of the State of Colorado, Petitioner/cross-Respondent v. Je — Eid, J., Concurring in Part and Dissenting…
May 17, 20102010 Colo. LEXIS 377
Summary
Justice Eid would have rejected the due-process challenge to the probation revocation, concluding that the notarized hearsay letter was sufficiently reliable and that Loveall's failure to deny or challenge the nurse's account established good cause for admitting it without confrontation. Eid also would have held that due process did not require advance disclosure of every hearsay item the prosecution intended to use and would have reinstated the trial court's revocation order. Justice Coats, concurring in part and dissenting in part, would require a specific good-cause finding before denying confrontation but would affirm a remand for a new hearing rather than adopt the majority's stated directions.