The People of the State of Colorado, Petitioner v. Heather Beauvais, Respondent — Marquez, J., Dissenting

Summary

Justice Márquez dissented from the court's rejection of Beauvais's gender-based Batson challenge. She would have held that the trial court's conclusory ruling, lack of credibility findings, and failure to evaluate the prosecutor's multiple explanations prevented meaningful appellate review, and she would have remanded for required factual findings. The dissent also contended that the majority's comparative-juror approach improperly required jurors to share every proffered characteristic.