The People of the State of Colorado, Petitioner v. Michelle L. Zadra, Respondent; the People of the State Of…

Summary

The court held that defendants may raise unpreserved double-jeopardy claims for the first time on direct appeal and that such claims ordinarily receive plain-error review. It therefore upheld the appellate divisions' review of the claims and their merger of certain convictions, affirming the judgments while remanding for further proceedings consistent with the opinion.