The People of the State of Colorado, Petitioner/cross-Respondent v. Tremaine D. Speer, Respondent — Marquez, J…

Summary

Justice Marquez dissented from the majority's treatment of the duress defense. She would have held that the statute does not require separate proof of imminence or the absence of reasonable alternatives, and that the defendant presented sufficient evidence for a jury instruction based on threats to him and his brother. She therefore would have affirmed the court of appeals' reversal of the conviction and remanded for a new trial, without reaching the prospective-juror issue. Chief Justice Bender and Justice Martinez joined the dissent.